Patient safety, law policy and practice / / edited by John Tingle and Pippa Bark

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789609203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-82439-1; 1-283-10443-1; 9786613104434; 1-136-82440-5; 0-203-83073-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BarkPippa; TingleJohn
• Disciplina: 344.04/1
• Soggetti: Medical errors - Prevention - Law and legislation - Great Britain; Medical errors - Prevention - Law and legislation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Patient Safety, Law Policyand Practice; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Table of cases; Table of statutes; Introduction: The development of a patient safety policy agenda; 1. Managing quality, safety and risk; 2. Pre-trial clinical negligence issues; 3. The tort of negligence and patient safety; 4. Medical ethics and patient safety; 5. Psychological aspects of patient safety; 6. Blame free reporting: international developments; 7. Economic aspects of patient safety; 8. Patient safety in secondary care; 9. Patient safety in mental health care; 10. Regulating patient safety in the European Union: realistic aspiration or unattainable goal?11. Patient safety and clinical risk management in Germany; 12. Patient safety and the law in Canada; 13. New developments in the US: The Federal Patient Safety Act; 14. Patient safety in American health care: regulatory models; 15. Responding to patient harm: Patient safety initiatives in Australia; Untitled; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Patient safety is an issue which in recent years has grown to prominence in a number of countries' political and health service ; agendas. The World Health Organisation has launched the World Alliance for Patient Safety. Millions of patients, according to the Alliance, endure prolonged ill-health, disability and death caused by unreliable practices, services, and poor health care environments. At any given time 1.4 million people worldwide are suffering from an infection acquired in a health facility.Patient Safety, Law Policy and Practice explores the impact of legal systems