Ebook: Health Care Errors and Patient Safety

The detection, reporting, measurement, and minimization of medical errors and harms is now a core requirement in clinical organizations throughout developed societies. This book focuses on this major new area in health care. It explores the nature of medical error, its incidence in different health care settings, and strategies for minimizing errors and their harmful consequences to patients. Written by leading authorities, it discusses the practical issues involved in reducing errors in health care - for the clinician, the health policy adviser, and ethical and legal health professionals.Content:
Chapter 1 Health Care Mistakes, Violations and Patient Safety (pages 1–22): Brian Hurwitz and Aziz Sheikh
Chapter 2 When is an ‘Error’ not an Error? (pages 23–32): Dianne Parker, Tanya Claridge and Matthew Lawrie
Chapter 3 Intentionally Harmful Violations and Patient Safety: The Example of Harold Shipman (pages 33–47): Richard Baker and Brian Hurwitz
Chapter 4 Patient Safety and Patient Error (pages 48–55): Stephen Buetow and Glyn Elwyn
Chapter 5 Health Care Safety and Organisational Change (pages 56–74): Ruth Boaden and Bernard Burnes
Chapter 6 How Does the Law Recognise and Deal with Medical Errors? (pages 75–88): Alan F. Merry
Chapter 7 The Many Advantages and Some Disadvantages of a No?Blame Culture Regarding Medical Errors (pages 89–94): Mavis Maclean
Chapter 8 Diagnostic Errors: Psychological Theories and Research Implications (pages 95–111): Olga Kostopoulou
Chapter 9 ‘Mince’ or ‘Mice’? Clinical Miscommunications and Patient Safety in a Linguistically Diverse Community (pages 112–128): Celia Roberts
Chapter 10 Clinical Transitions: Implications for Patient Safety (pages 129–149): Alan Forster
Chapter 11 Medicines Management (pages 150–165): Rachel L. Howard and Anthony J. Avery
Chapter 12 The Patient's Role in Preventing Errors and Promoting Safety (pages 166–175): Jo Ellins and Angela Coulter
Chapter 13 Aftermath of Error for Patients and Health Care Staff (pages 177–192): Charles Vincent and Lesley Page
Chapter 14 Significant Event Auditing and Root Cause Analysis (pages 193–206): Mike Pringle
Chapter 15 Patient Safety—Epidemiological Considerations (pages 207–223): Richard Thomson and Alison Pryce
Chapter 16 Analysis of Health Care Error Reports (pages 224–237): Adrian Cook and Sarah Scobie
Chapter 17 Patient Safety Education and Curriculum Design (pages 238–253): Marshall F. Gilula and Paul R. Barach
Chapter 18 Teaching and Learning about Patient Safety (pages 254–261): John Sandars
Chapter 19 Health Care Errors, Patient Safety and the Media (pages 262–269): Geoff Watts