1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830947503321

Autore

Krause Thomas R. <1944->

Titolo

Taking the lead in patient safety [[electronic resource] ] : how healthcare leaders influence behavior and create culture / / Thomas R. Krause and John H. Hidley ; foreword by Diane C. Pinakiewicz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2009

ISBN

1-282-13715-8

9786612137150

0-470-43659-X

0-470-43658-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HidleyJohn H

Disciplina

362.1068

Soggetti

Medical errors - Prevention

Health services administrators

Patients - 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 (p. [271]-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What determines patient safety? -- Blueprint for healthcare safety excellence -- Nine dimensions of organizational culture -- Qualities of a great safety leader -- Leadership best practices -- Changing behavior with applied behavior analysis -- Protecting your decision making from cognitive bias -- Designing your safety improvement intervention -- Launching culture change for patient and employee safety -- NASA after Columbia : lessons for healthcare.

Sommario/riassunto

Written by industry professionals: a workplace safety specialist in conjunction with a practicing physician and medical manager.Provides recommendations for assessing hospital safety practices as well as specific suggestions for behavioural interventions.Brings a systematic approach to healthcare safety, identifying common problems through illustrative case studies and offering solutions.Offers several different perspectives including patient safety, doctor safety, and administrator safety.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959494503321

Titolo

Comparative regional integration : Europe and beyond / / edited by Finn Laursen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, [England] ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2010

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-95002-9

1-351-95003-7

1-315-25976-1

1-282-57245-8

9786612572456

1-4094-0182-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

The international political economy of new regionalisms series

Altri autori (Persone)

LaursenFinn

Disciplina

337.1

Soggetti

International economic integration

Regionalism (International organization)

Regionalism

International relations

Security, International

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Introductory Chapters; 1 Regional Integration: Some Introductory Reflections; 2 Problems and Divides in Comparative Regionalism; Part II The EU and North America; 3 The EU in Comparative Perspective: Comparing the EU and NAFTA; 4 Critical Interpretations of Integration in North America and the European Union; 5 The Present and Future of North American Integration; 6 The Evolving Labour Relations Dimension of the European Regional System

Part III The EU, The Americas and Africa7 MERCOSUR and the European Union: Polities in the Making?; 8 Why do Latin American Integration Systems Differ from the EU Model?; 9 Judicial Integration in the



Americas?: A Comparison of Dispute Settlement in NAFTA and MERCOSUR; 10 New Regionalisms Post-Economic Partnership Agreement; Part IV The EU, Asia and The Pacific; 11 From AFTA to ASEAN Economic Community - Is ASEAN Moving Towards EU-style Economic Integration?; 12 China and the East Asian Regional Process; Part V Concluding Chapter; 13 Requirements for Regional Integration; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book includes up-to-date studies of regional integration efforts in all major parts of the world, especially North America, South America and East Asia. In many cases these efforts are compared with the EU, where integration has progressed much further. Some important questions are asked: What explains the variation in achievements? What kind of agreements and institutions are needed to produce regional integration? Is 'pooling and delegation' of sovereignty necessary to overcome 'collective action problems'? How important is regional leadership? Various schools of thought are represented