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Titolo: | Patient safety, law policy and practice / / edited by John Tingle and Pippa Bark |
Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina: | 344.04/1 |
Soggetto topico: | Medical errors - Prevention - Law and legislation - Great Britain |
Medical errors - Prevention - Law and legislation | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | BarkPippa TingleJohn |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Patient safety, law policy and practice |
ISBN: | 1-283-10443-1 |
9786613104434 | |
1-136-82440-5 | |
0-203-83073-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910460252303321 |
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