Safety in Medicine
By addebook • Feb 10th, 2009 • Category: Medicine
Safety in Medicine
by: B. De Mol
Safety in Medicine
By B. De Mol
Publisher: Pergamon
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: 2000-02-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0080436560
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780080436562
Product Description:
Hardbound. 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 managem
Review
Lorri A. Zipperer …reflects sensitivity to a wide range of perspectives. …an intriguing and educational volume. The ideas here deserve to be found by readers as they further explore and articulate the complex issues involved in patient safety. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter, Vol 16, No. 1 This highly topical book addresses many of the urgent problems faced by hospitals today, with regard to unintentional in-house ‘accidents’ in the course of treatment. …These chapters are carefully crafted to convey clear understanding of complex, often emotive issues, through lucid texts, comprehensive yet concise, with full source references and in most cases structured to include an introduction and conclusions. Excellent graphics support the texts where appropriate. Occupational Safety and Health
Review
Lorri A. Zipperer
…reflects sensitivity to a wide range of perspectives. …an intriguing and educational volume. The ideas here deserve to be found by readers as they further explore and articulate the complex issues involved in patient safety.
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter, Vol 16, No. 1
This highly topical book addresses many of the urgent problems faced by hospitals today, with regard to unintentional in-house ‘accidents’ in the course of treatment. …These chapters are carefully crafted to convey clear understanding of complex, often emotive issues, through lucid texts, comprehensive yet concise, with full source references and in most cases structured to include an introduction and conclusions. Excellent graphics support the texts where appropriate.
Occupational Safety and Health
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