Sandars / Cook ABC of Patient Safety

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1269-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 64 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: ABC Series

This brand new title in the popular ABC series offers an up-to-dateintroduction on improving patient safety in primary and secondarycare. The ABC of Patient Safety covers an area of increasingimportance in healthcare and provides a clear description of theunderlying principles that influence practice. Patient safety isnow an integral part of the training for all Foundation doctors andis rapidly becoming a component of many undergraduate andpostgraduate exams, including the nMRCGP. This book is an idealcompanion for this training.
A wide variety of clinical staff and managers in primary andsecondary care will find this book an essential text, offering anideal theoretical and practical aid to patient safety. GPs andpractice managers will find this book of particular interest, aswell as medical and nursing students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sandars, John

Cook, Gary

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 The Scope of the Problem.
John Sandars.
2 The Nature of Error.
Jenny Firth-Cozens, John Sandars.
3 Diagnosis.
John Sandars.
4 Use of Medication.
Darren M Ashcroft, Judith A Cantrill.
5 Communication and Patient Safety.
Martin Beyer, Julia Rohe, Keith Haynes, Peter JNicklin.
6 Patient Safety Culture.
Tanya Claridge, John Sandars.
7 Principles of Clinical Risk Management.
Julie Price, Keith Haynes, Peter J Nicklin.
8 Learning from Threats to Patient Safety.
Maureen Baker, Richard Thomson, John Sandars.
9 Patient Safety and the Law.
Michael Jones, Gary Cook.
10 The Healthcare Policy Context.
Robert L Phillips.
11 The Impact on Patients and Healthcare Professionals.
Amanda Howe, Peter Walsh.
12 Future Directions.
Aziz Sheikh, Maureen Baker, Richard Thomson

Über Autor(innen)

John Sandars, GP and Senior Lecturer in Community Based Education,Medical Education Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. John is ageneral practitioner and has a major interest in patient safetyeducation. He was a member of the MRC Patient Safety Researchnetwork and is an adviser to Saferhealthcare, a web based onlineresource sponsored by the NPSA and BMJ.
Gary Cook, Consultant Epidemiologist, Stepping Hill Hospital,Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Stockport, UK; Honorary SeniorFellow in Public Health, University of Manchester.