Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 407-413, October 2007

Communication Patterns in a UK Emergency Department

Presented at the Presentation of Results Day: Ethnographic Research, NPSA, September 2005, London, England.

  • Maria Woloshynowych, PhD, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Bio-Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Maria Woloshynowych, PhD, BSc, Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Bio-Surgery & Surgical Technology, Imperial College, St. Mary’s Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK; 44-20-7886-6428, fax 44-20-7886-6950
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  • Rachel Davis, MSc, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Bio-Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
    • ,
  • Ruth Brown, MB, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital, London, UK.
    • ,
  • Charles Vincent, PhD, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Bio-Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, London, UK

Received 1 June 2006; received in revised form 31 March 2007, 30 May 2007 and 25 June 2007; accepted 5 July 2007.

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 Supervising editors: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS; Michael L. Callaham, MD

 Author contributions: CV secured the funding for this study. MW managed the project, including the supervision of data collection and analysis. RB facilitated access to the ED. RD collected and analyzed the data. All authors contributed to the monitoring the project and writing the article. MW takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. UK NHS Patient Safety Research Programme funded the project.

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PII: S0196-0644(07)01383-2

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.08.001

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