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UNINA9910820765103321 |
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Titolo |
Patient safety, law policy and practice / / edited by John Tingle and Pippa Bark |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-82439-1 |
1-283-10443-1 |
9786613104434 |
1-136-82440-5 |
0-203-83073-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Medical errors - Prevention - Law and legislation - Great Britain |
Medical errors - Prevention - Law and legislation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Patient safety is an issue which in recent years has grown to prominence in a number of countries' political and health service |
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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 |
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