Snakes and ladders
Subtitle: the pursuit of a safety culture in New Zealand public hospitals
By: Peter R. Roberts
Contributors: Victoria University of Wellington. Institute of Policy Studies; Health Services Research Centre (N.Z.)
Publisher: Institute of Policy Studies and Health Services Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Wellington, N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Hospitals; Safety measures; Risk management; Intensive care units
Notes: Based on the author's Masters thesis.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why pursue a safety culture?; title: Safety's game board : human performance, error and socio-technical relationships; title: Culture : safety as attitudes, beliefs, goals, values and behavioural norms; title: Policy and management approaches toward a safety culture; title: In the looking glass : New Zealand's current and future policy, legislative and regulatory environment; title: Hospital policies to manage human error and enhance human performance : looking for a needle in a haystack; title: New Zealand ICU staff safety attitudes : sharp end view; title: Programme logic : spectrum of choice and future research; title: Conclusion and recommendations : light diffracted; title: App. 1. Cultural elements; title: App. 2. Type and source of adverse events; title: App. 3. Human/technical interface issues in hospital care; title: App. 4. Letter to chief executive officers requesting copies of policy documents; title: App. 5. UK intensive care unit supplementary information.