Risk, safety and clinical practice : health care through the lens of risk
Heyman, BobContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
This introductory text focuses on the underlying generic issues of risk management in health care. It allows the reader to analyse risk management issues and to critically evaluate the claims made about existing and new technologies, in an informed way.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This introductory text focuses on the underlying generic issues of risk management in health care. It allows the reader to analyse risk management issues and to critically evaluate the claims made about existing and new technologies, in an informed way.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Concept of risk -- Social construction of health risks -- Values and health risks -- Health risks and probabilistic reasoning -- Time and health risks -- Information about health risks -- Health risks and the media -- Regulation of health risks -- Health risk and the patient safety agenda -- Case study of swine flu and concluding remarks.
Health facilities
Medical care
Hospitals
Safety Management
Organization and Administration
Risk Management
Health Facilities
Methods
Health Facility Administration
Health Services Administration
Financial Management
Safety
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Investigative Techniques
Health Care
Economics
Accident Prevention
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Accidents
Public Health
Environment and Public Health
Hospitals & Medical Centers
Public Health
Health & Biological Sciences