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Safety and ethics in healthcare : a guide to getting it right /

A single coherent source of information on the various interlinking domains of patient safety, litigation and ethical behaviour, based on accounts of real-life situations and intended for all healthcare students, specialists and administrators.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Runciman, Bill
Otros Autores: Merry, Alan, Walton, Merrilyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the stage : an overview of healthcare
  • Risk and the harm caused by healthcare
  • Healthcare : a dysfunctional system
  • Naming, blaming and shaming
  • Human error and complex systems
  • Knowing what to do
  • Ethics, professional behaviour and regulation
  • When things go wrong : looking after the people involved
  • When things go wrong : preventing a recurrence
  • Getting the best out of people
  • Getting the best out of the system
  • Where to now?