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Health Care Errors and Patient Safety
Brian Hurwitz
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Description for Health Care Errors and Patient Safety
Hardback. Up to date focus on a major issue in health care worldwide Provides the latest knowledge about how errors occur and strategies to avoid them Written by leading clinicians and ethicists Relevant for clinical appraisal and re-accreditation Important for health policy makers and legal health experts. Editor(s): Hurwitz, Brian; Sheikh, Aziz. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
The detection, reporting, measurement, and minimization of medical errors and harms is now a core requirement in clinical organizations throughout developed societies. This book focuses on this major new area in health care. It explores the nature of medical error, its incidence in different health care settings, and strategies for minimizing errors and their harmful consequences to patients. Written by leading authorities, it discusses the practical issues involved in reducing errors in health care - for the clinician, the health policy adviser, and ethical and legal health professionals.
The detection, reporting, measurement, and minimization of medical errors and harms is now a core requirement in clinical organizations throughout developed societies. This book focuses on this major new area in health care. It explores the nature of medical error, its incidence in different health care settings, and strategies for minimizing errors and their harmful consequences to patients. Written by leading authorities, it discusses the practical issues involved in reducing errors in health care - for the clinician, the health policy adviser, and ethical and legal health professionals.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405146432
SKU
V9781405146432
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Brian Hurwitz
Brian Hurwitz, NHS GP, Professor of Medicine and the Arts, King’s College, London. Aziz Sheikh, NHS GP, Professor of Primary Care Research and Development, University of Edinburgh The editors have worked together on medical error in the past and have a considerable track record of jointly undertaken research and peer review publication in primary health care ... Read more
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