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

By: Runciman, BillContributor(s): Merry, Alan | Walton, Merrilyn | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007Description: xxii, 334 p. : illSubject(s): Medical ethics | Clinical medicine -- Decision making | Medical errors | Health services accessibilityGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 174.2 LOC classification: R725 | .R86 2007Online resources: Click to View
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?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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