Still not safe : patient safety and the middle-managing of American medicine / Robert L. Wears, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wears, Robert L., author.

Sutcliffe, Kathleen M., 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical errors--United States--Prevention.

Medical errors.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

Patient safety suddenly burst into public consciousness in the late 1990s and became a 'celebrated' cause in the 2000s. It has since gradually faltered, and little improvement has been noted over almost 20 years. Both the rise and fall of patient safety demand explanation. Medical harm had been known long before the 1990s, so why did it suddenly become popular? And why were safety efforts ineffective? The authors propose that this rise was due to a discursive shift that reframed 'medical harm' into 'medical error' in the setting of anxiety about industrialization and great change in healthcare.

Contents:

Part I The rise of patient safety

1. Setting the stage

2. Beginnings

3. Rationalizing healthcare

4. The special case of anesthesia

5. Three views of "human error"

6. Halting steps

7. Pressure builds for reform

Part II The reign of patient safety

8. Irruption onto the world stage

9. Institutionalization

10. Consolidation and stagnation

Part III The waning of patient safety

11. Reflection

12. The future of patient safety.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-027128-0

0-19-027129-9

0-19-027127-2