Patient Safety : A Case-Based Comprehensive Guide

Patient Safety : A Case-Based Comprehensive Guide edited by Abha Agrawal. - New York Springer International Publishing 2014 - 1 recurso en línea (XXXIII, 394 p.) 73 ilustraciones, 68 ilustraciones en color

Despite the evolution and growing awareness of patient safety, many medical professionals are not a part of this important conversation.Âìinicians often believe they are too busy taking care of patients to adopt and implement patient safety initiatives and that acknowledging medical errors is an affront to their skills. Patient Safety provides clinicians with a better understanding of the prevalence, causes and solutions for medical errors; bringing best practice principles to the bedside.Âײitten by experts from a variety of backgrounds, each chapter features an analysis of clinical cases based on the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodology, along with case-based discussions on various patient safety topics.The systems and processes outlined in the book are general and broadly applicable to institutions of all sizes and structures.  core ethic of medical professionals is to “do no harm†Patient Safety is a comprehensive resource for physicians, nurses and students, as well as healthcare leaders and administrators for identifying, solving and preventing medical error.

9781461474197

10.1007/978-1-4614-7419-7 doi


Errores médicos

R729.8 / P385 2014