Patient Safety Structures, Processes and Outcomes
Published on 12. October 2007
101 pages
978-1-84663-635-6 (ISBN)
Description
Patient safety - avoiding, preventing and ameliorating adverse outcomes or injuries stemming from healthcare processes - is gaining increasing importance and attracting more attention. Interest is driven by poor practice incidents which lead to disastrous consequences for patients and relatives, and inquiries concluding with confidence-sapping findings and far-reaching recommendations. This e-book provides a clear and helpful discussion about the background and international context of patient safety. It considers the theoretical underpinnings of patient safety and gives the reader a fascinating insight into what practitioners, managers and educators feel about the value and nature of patient safety. Most importantly, it considers prevention strategies to enable a safe healthcare environment.
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Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
- Editorial
- Promoting safety
- Safety self-efficacy and safety performance
- Are health systems changing in support of patient safety?
- Guideline development from an observational study
- When renewing medical equipment is necessary: a case report
- Challenging patient safety culture: survey results
- News and views
- Recent publications
