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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007Description: xxii, 334 p.: ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0-7546-4435-9 (hbk. : alk. paper
  • 978-0-7546-4435-4 (hbk. : alk. paper
  • 0-7546-4437-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 978-0-7546-4437-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.2 22
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?
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Book Högskolan Väst Entréplan / Entrance floor 174.2 Runciman Available 6004300012924
Total holds: 0

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?

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