Patient Safety

Author: Sidney Dekker
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1439852251
Category: Medical

Patient Safety: A Human Factors Approach

Increased concern for patient safety has put the issue at the top of the agenda of practitioners, hospitals, and even governments. Download Patient Safety medical books for free.
The risks to patients are many and diverse, and the complexity of the healthcare system that delivers them is huge. Yet the discourse is often oversimplified and underdeveloped. Written from a scientific, human factors perspective, Patient Safety: A Human Factors Approach delineates a method that can enlighten and clarify this discourse as well as put us on a better path to correcting the issues. People often think, understandably, that safety lies mainly in the hands through which care ultimately flows to the patient-those who are closest to the patient, whose decisions can mean the differenc Get Patient Safety our bestseller medical books.

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People often think, understandably, that safety lies mainly in the hands through which care ultimately flows to the patient-those who are closest to the patient, whose decisions can mean the differenc

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