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Patient Safety

ISBN: 9781405192217 | 1405192216

Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
Pub. Date: 7/19/2010

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Summary Table of Contents Author Biography

When you are ready to implement measures to improve patient safety, this is the book to consult. Charles Vincent, one of the worlds pioneers in patient safety, discusses each and every aspect clearly and compellingly. He reviews the evidence of risks and harms to patients, and he provides practical guidance on implementing safer practices in health care. The second edition puts greater emphasis on this practical side. Examples of team based initiatives show how patient safety can be improved by changing practices, both cultural and technologica... MORE

Preface	p. ix
The nature of the book	p. xi
Inspiration, acknowledgements and thanks	p. xiii
The Evolution of Patient Safety
Medical harm: a brief history	p. 3
The emergence of patient safety	p. 14
Integrating safety and quality	p. 31
The Hazards of Healthcare
The nature and scale of error and harm	p. 49
Rep... MOREorting and learning systems	p. 75
Measuring safety	p. 96
From Accident Analysis to System Design
Human error and systems thinking	p. 119
Understanding how things go wrong	p. 141
The Aftermath
Caring for patients harmed by treatment	p. 171
Supporting staff after serious incidents	p. 192
Design, Technology and Standardization
Clinical interventions and process improvement	p. 211
Design for patient safety	p. 230
Using information technology to reduce error	p. 246
People Create Safety
Creating a culture of safety	p. 269
Patient involvement in patient safety	p. 290
Procedures, violations and migrations	p. 307
Safety skills	p. 321
Teams create safety	p. 341
The Journey to Safety
Safe organizations: bringing it all together	p. 371
High performing healthcare systems	p. 390
Index	p. 405
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Charles Vincent, Professor of Clinical Safety Research, Department of Biosurgery Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, UK

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