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UNINA9910453051703321 |
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Autore |
Imhof Michael |
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Titolo |
Malpractice in surgery [[electronic resource] ] : safety culture and quality management in the hospital / / Michael Imhof ; [translation, Constantijn Blondel] |
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Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Collana |
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Patient Safety ; ; 6 |
Patient safety ; ; v. 6 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical errors - Prevention |
Medical care - Quality control |
Health facilities - Risk management |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 Principles of medical malpractice -- 2 Errors, incidents and complications in general surgery -- 3 Retained surgical foreign bodies -- 4 Quality management related to wrong-site surgery -- 5 Towards a preventive safety culture within the hospital -- 6 Ethical aspects of an open safety culture: towards a new physician-patient relationship in 21st century medicine -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Tentative estimates suggest that one in ten patients suffers from an adverse event in hospital. In Germany, approx. 1.8 million out of approx. 18 million inpatients suffer from adverse events; 50 percent of these cases are estimated to be avoidable. In the US, nearly 100,000 people die from the consequences of mistreatment. The intensive care units record 1.7 medical errors per patient and day. The most affected disciplines are the operative disciplines, particularly general surgery. Medical errors mainly occur when the indication for surgery is being made, during surgery and post-surgery. Suspicious oncological diagnostic results and post-operative complications are also often ignored. This book deals with complications and typical medical errors |
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