Safety in MedicineSafety in Medicine
Title rated 0 out of 5 stars, based on 0 ratings(0 ratings)
eBook, 2000
Current format, eBook, 2000, 1st ed, All copies in use.eBook, 2000
Current format, eBook, 2000, 1st ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsStudies in the US suggest that 4 percent of hospital patients are harmed by treatment. This collection of research shows how medicine and health care management may benefit from approaches to safety from other fields, and addresses the role of new technologies both as hazards and in improving safety. Overviews approaches to safety in psychological and organizational literature, then looks at issues such as incident reporting, accident analysis, team performance, and human and organizational factors. Vincent is affiliated with University College London, UK. de Mol is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Studies in the US suggest that about 4% of hospital patients are unintentionally harmed by treatment. These many thousands of "accidents" have received little research attention.
This book assumes that medicine may benefit and learn from approaches to safety in other areas and will be a core resource for this topic. The role of new technologies, both as hazards and in improving safety, is an essential new challenge which the book addresses.
The chapters are ordered to accord with their principal emphasis, beginning with conceptual foundations and moving towards safety management.
The first chapter gives an overview of approaches to safety in the psychological and organisational literature and provides essential background information for readers who may not be familiar with the safety literature. The next chapters demonstrate the need to take a long, temporal perspective. Finally, two chapters reflect on the nature of safety management and its particular application in healthcare.
Studies in the US suggest that about 4% of hospital patients are unintentionally harmed by treatment. These many thousands of "accidents" have received little research attention.
This book assumes that medicine may benefit and learn from approaches to safety in other areas and will be a core resource for this topic. The role of new technologies, both as hazards and in improving safety, is an essential new challenge which the book addresses.
The chapters are ordered to accord with their principal emphasis, beginning with conceptual foundations and moving towards safety management.
The first chapter gives an overview of approaches to safety in the psychological and organisational literature and provides essential background information for readers who may not be familiar with the safety literature. The next chapters demonstrate the need to take a long, temporal perspective. Finally, two chapters reflect on the nature of safety management and its particular application in healthcare.
Title availability
About
Contributors
Details
Publication
- Amsterdam ; New York : Pergamon, 2000.
Opinion
More from the community
Community lists featuring this title
There are no community lists featuring this title
Community contributions
Community quotations are the opinions of contributing users. These quotations do not represent the opinions of Nelson Public Library.
There are no quotations from this title
Community quotations are the opinions of contributing users. These quotations do not represent the opinions of Nelson Public Library.
There are no quotations from this title
From the community