TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vincent,Charles
TI  - Patient safety
SN  - 0443101205
AV  - R729.8 .V56 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Edinburgh, New York
PB  - Churchill Livingstone
KW  - Medical errors
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Patients
KW  - Safety measures
KW  - Patient Care
KW  - standards
KW  - Safety Management
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Medical harm: a brief history 1; 2. The evolution of patient safety  13; 3. Studies of errors and adverse events in healthcare; the nature and scale of the problem 33; 4. Reporting and learning systems 57; 5. Human error and systems thinking  75; 6. Understanding how things go wrong  99; 7. The aftermath: caring for patients harmed by treatment 123; 8. Supporting staff after serious incidents 139; 9. Culture and leadership for safety  153; 10. Making healthcare safer: clinical interventions; and process improvement 179; 11. Using information technology to reduce error 195; 12. People create safety  213
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