Patient safety
This introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics within the field of patient safety. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, the author focuses on generic issues whilst providing practical clinical examples to illustrate the theory.
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- Full title :Patient safety / Charles Vincent.
Summary
This introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics within the field of patient safety. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, the author focuses on generic issues whilst providing practical clinical examples to illustrate the theory.
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- Publication Date:2010.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):BMJ/Books, Wiley-Blackwell
- Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 416 pages : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781405192217, 1405192216
- oclc:ocn655638257
- LC Classification:R729.8
- Dewey Decimal:362.10684
Table of Contents
Medical harm : a brief history -- The emergence of patient safety -- Integrating safety and quality -- The nature and scale of error and harm -- Reporting and learning systems -- Measuring safety -- Human error and systems thinking -- Understanding how things go wrong -- Caring for patients harmed by treatment -- Supporting staff after serious incidents -- Clinical interventions and process improvement -- Design for patient safety -- Using information technology to reduce error -- Creating a culture of safety -- Patient involvement in patient safety -- Procedures, violations and migrations -- Safety skills -- Teams create safety -- Safe organisations : bringing it all together -- High performing healthcare systems.
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