Supporting structures for team situation awareness and decision making: insights from four delivery suites.

Nicola Mackintosh; Emma-Jane Berridge; Della Freeth

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Supporting structures for team situation awareness and decision making: insights from four delivery suites.

March 25, 2009

Mackintosh N, Berridge E-J, Freeth D. J Eval Clin Pract. 2009;15(1):46-54.

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This study used direct observation of labor and delivery suites to establish the mechanisms by which teamwork and situational awareness developed among clinicians.

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