Patient Safety in Developing Countries

Section 1. Patient Safety Education

Chapter 1. Patient Safety Education: History and Importance

Chapter 2. Patient Safety education in developing countries

Chapter 3. Patient Safety education: Competencies and Learning Outcomes

Chapter 4. Patient Safety Education: Teaching Strategies and Assessment Methods

Section 2. Patient Safety Practice

Chapter 5. Patient safety-related issues: history and importance

Chapter 6. Patient safety-related issues: patient care errors and related problems

Chapter 7. Patient care errors and related problems: preventive medicine errors & related problems

Chapter 8. Patient care errors and related problems: patient assessment and diagnostic errors & related problems

Chapter 9. Patient care errors and related problems: non-pharmacological errors & related problems

Chapter 10. Patient care errors and related problems: medical errors & related problems

Chapter 11. Patient care errors and related problems: surgical errors & related problems

Chapter 12. Patient care errors and related problems: complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) errors & related problems

Chapter 13. Patient care errors and related problems: nutrition errors & related problems

Chapter 14. Patient care errors and related problems: pharmacological errors & related problems (medication errors and related problems)

Chapter 15. Patient care errors and related problems: dispensing administration errors & related problems

Chapter 16. Patient care errors and related problems: monitoring errors & related problems

Chapter 17. Patient care errors and related problems: patient education and counselling errors and related problems

Chapter 18. Patient safety-related issues: other medication safety issues

Chapter 19. Patient safety culture

Chapter 20. Nosocomial infections in developing countries

Chapter 21. Patient safety in laboratory medicine

Chapter 22. Patient safety in radiology

Chapter 23. Patient safety in the emergency department (ER)

Chapter 24. Patient safety in the intensive care unit (ICU)

Chapter 25. Patient safety in surgery

Chapter 26. Patient safety in Internal medicine (IM)

Chapter 27. Patient safety in oncology

Chapter 28. Patient safety in pharmacies

Chapter 29. Patient safety for special populations: geriatrics

Chapter 30. Patient safety for special populations: paediatrics

Chapter 31. Patient safety for special populations: pregnancy

Chapter 32. Patient safety for special populations: lactation

Chapter 33 Patient safety for special populations: adolescents

Chapter 34. Patient safety during pandemics

Chapter 35. Patient safety training

Chapter 36. Patient safety: antimicrobial-resistance and interventions

Chapter 37. Patient safety: dermatology, beauty and cosmetic medicine

Chapter 38. Technology for Patient Safety

Chapter 39. Evidence-based patient safety

Section 3. Patient Safety Research

Chapter 40. Patient safety research: history and importance

Chapter 41. Patient safety research: literature review

Chapter 42. Patient safety research: qualitative methods

Chapter 43. Patient safety research: quantitative methods

Chapter 44. Patient safety research: mixed methods

Chapter 45. Patient safety research: clinical trials

Chapter 46. Patient safety research: epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology

Chapter 47. Patient safety research in developing countries: achievements, challenges, and recommendations

Section 4. Patient Safety Case Studies

Chapter 48. Patient safety case studies: patient care plan errors and related problems (Part I)

Chapter 49. Patient safety case studies: patient care plan errors and related problems (Part II)

Chapter 50. Patient safety case studies: Nosocomial infections cases

Chapter 51. Patient safety case studies: laboratory medicine and radiology

Chapter 52. Patient safety case studies: emergency department

Chapter 53. Patient safety case studies: intensive care unit

Chapter 54. Patient safety case studies: internal medicine

Chapter 55. Patient safety case studies: oncology

Chapter 56. Patient safety case studies: antimicrobials

Chapter 57. Patient safety case studies: special population

Chapter 58. Patient safety resources and tools