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Improving health care safety and quality : reluctant regulators /

Responding to the public concern caused by recent hospital scandals and accounts of unintended harm to patients, this author draws on her experience of analyzing the health care systems of over a dozen countries and examines whether greater regulation has increased patient safety and health care qua...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Healy, Judith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011.
Colección:Law, ethics and governance.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why regulate?
  • How safe is health care?
  • Regulatory actors : who governs health care?
  • Regulating the health professions
  • Safety cultures and safety systems
  • Regulating staff : internal management
  • Regulating organizations : external reviews
  • Regulation by enforcement : laws, money, and monitoring
  • Regulation by patients
  • Responsive regulation : trust and transparency.