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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791461703321

Autore

Healy Judith

Titolo

Improving health care safety and quality [[electronic resource] ] : reluctant regulators / / by Judith Healy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Surrey, U.K. ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2011

ISBN

1-315-58804-8

1-317-11821-9

1-317-11820-0

1-283-01505-6

9786613015051

0-7546-7645-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Collana

Law, ethics and governance

Disciplina

363.15/56

Soggetti

Medical care - Law and legislation

Medical care - Evaluation

Medical care - Safety measures

Health facilities - Safety measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why regulate? -- How safe is health care? -- Regulatory actors : who governs health care? -- Regulating the health professions -- Safety cultures and safety systems -- Regulating staff : internal management -- Regulating organizations : external reviews -- Regulation by enforcement : laws, money, and monitoring -- Regulation by patients -- Responsive regulation : trust and transparency.

Sommario/riassunto

Responding to the alarm caused by recent hospital scandals and accounts of unintended harm to patients, this author draws on her experience of analyzing the health care systems of over a dozen countries and examines whether greater regulation has increased patient safety and health care quality. It will be of key interest to government actors, health care professionals and medico-legal scholars.