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Safety and ethics in healthcare : a guide to getting it right / Bill Runciman, Alan Merry, Merrilyn Walton.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Runciman, Bill.
Contributor:
Merry, Alan.
Walton, Merrilyn.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medical ethics.
Clinical medicine--Decision making.
Clinical medicine.
Medical errors.
Health services accessibility.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (361 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
A single coherent source of information on the various interlinking domains of patient safety, litigation and ethical behaviour, based on accounts of real-life situations and intended for all healthcare students, specialists and administrators.
Contents:
Setting the stage : an overview of healthcare
Risk and the harm caused by healthcare
Healthcare : a dysfunctional system
Naming, blaming and shaming
Human error and complex systems
Knowing what to do
Ethics, professional behaviour and regulation
When things go wrong : looking after the people involved
When things go wrong : preventing a recurrence
Getting the best out of people
Getting the best out of the system
Where to now?
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-315-60744-1
1-317-06000-8
1-317-06001-6
1-281-09886-8
9786611098865
0-7546-8600-0
9781315607443
OCLC:
476277073

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