Health care errors and patient safety
By: edited by Brian Hurwitz and Aziz Sheikh.
Contributors: Hurwitz, Brian.; Sheikh, Aziz.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781405146432
Subjects: Medical errors; Hospital care -- Safety measures; Medical Errors; Safety Management
Description: The detection, reporting, measurement, and minimization of medical errors and harms is now a core requirement in clinical organizations throughout developed societies. This book focuses on this major new area in health care. It explores the nature of medical error, its incidence in different health care settings, and strategies for minimizing errors and their harmful consequences to patients. Written by leading authorities, it discusses the practical issues involved in reducing errors in health care.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Medical mistakes, violations, and patient safety / Brian Hurwitz and Aziz Sheikh; title: Are all errors the same? / Dianne Parker, Tanya Claridge, Matthew Lawrie; title: Unmasking latent defects in care systems : the role of violations and deliberate patient harm / Richard Baker, Brian Hurwitz; title: Patient safety and patient error / Glyn Elwyn, Stephen Buetow Cardiff; title: Error and organizational change / Ruth Boaden, Bernard Burnes; title: How does the law deal with medical errors? / Alan Merry Auckland; title: The many advantages and some disadvantages of a no-blame culture regarding medical errors / Mavis Maclean; title: Diagnostic errors : psychological theories and research implications / Olga Kostopoulou; title: "Mince or mice"? : clinical misunderstandings in a linguistically diverse society / Celia Roberts; title: Health care transitions : implications for patient safety / Alan Forster; title: Medicines management / Rachel Howard, Anthony Avery; title: The patient's role in preventing errors and promoting safety / Angela Coulter, Jo Ellins; title: The aftermath of error on patients and health care staff / Charles Vincent, Lesley Page; title: Significant event auditing and root cause analysis / Mike Pringle; title: Patient safety : epidemiological considerations / Richard Thomson, Alison Pryce; title: Analysis of health care error reports / Adrian Cook, Sarah Scobie; title: Patient safety, education, and curriculum design / Marshall Gilula, Paul Barach; title: Teaching students about medical errors / John Sanders; title: Health care errors and the media / Geoff Watts.