Patient Safety : a Human Factors Approach.

Increased concern for patient safety has put the issue at the top of the agenda of practitioners, hospitals, and even governments. The risks to patients are many and diverse, and the complexity of the healthcare system that delivers them is huge. Yet the discourse is often oversimplified and underde...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dekker, Sidney
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : CRC Press, 2011.
Temas:
Medical errors > Prevention.
Patients > Safety measures.
Vocational qualifications.
Risk assessment.
Safety Management > methods
Medical Errors > prevention & control
Patient Care > methods
Professional Competence
Risk Assessment
Patients > Sécurité > Mesures.
Qualifications professionnelles.
Évaluation du risque.
risk assessment.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Biomedical.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > Medical Technology.
MEDICAL > Biotechnology.
MEDICAL > Lasers in Medicine.
Vocational qualifications
Risk assessment
Medical errors > Prevention
Patients > Safety measures
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Increased concern for patient safety has put the issue at the top of the agenda of practitioners, hospitals, and even governments. The risks to patients are many and diverse, and the complexity of the healthcare system that delivers them is huge. Yet the discourse is often oversimplified and underdeveloped. Written from a scientific, human factors perspective, Patient Safety: A Human Factors Approach delineates a method that can enlighten and clarify this discourse as well as put us on a better path to correcting the issues. People often think, understandably, that safety lies mainly in the ha.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (254 pages)
ISBN:9781439852262
143985226X

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