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Vincent, Charles, Dr.

Patient safety / Charles Vincent. - Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - xiii, 416p 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medical harm : a brief history -- The emergence of patient safety -- Integrating of safety and quality -- The nature and scale of error and harm -- Reporting & learning systems -- Measuring safety -- Human error & systems thinking -- Understanding how things go wrong -- Caring for patients harmed by treatment -- Supporting staff after serious incidents -- Clinical interventions & process improvement -- Design for patient safety -- Using information technology to reduce error -- Creating a culture of safety -- Patient involvement in patient safety -- Procedures, violations, and migrations -- Safety skills -- Teams create safety -- Safe organisations : bringing it all together -- High performing healthcare systems.

ISBN: 9781405192217 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medical errors
Iatrogenic diseases
Hospitals--Safety measures.
Patient Care--standards.
Quality of Health Care--standards.
Medical Errors--prevention & control.
Safety Management--standards.

LC Class. No.: R729.8 / .V56 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 610.289 / V56