Patient safety, law policy and practice / edited by John Tingle and Pippa Bark.

Other author Tingle, John.
Other author Bark, Pippa.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionxvi, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Medical errors--Prevention. --Law and legislation. --Great Britain.
Medical errors--Prevention. --Law and legislation.

Contents Introduction : the development of a patient safety policy agenda / John Tingle -- Managing safety, quality and risk / Jo Samanta and Ash Samanta -- Pre-trial clinical negligence issues / Charles Foster -- The tort of negligence and patient safety / Jose Miola -- Medical ethics and patient safety / Nils Hoppe -- Psychological aspects of patient safety / Pippa Bark -- Blame free reporting : international developments / Johan Legemaate -- Economic aspects of hospital patient safety / Stephen Heasell -- Patient safety in secondary care / Ash Samanta and Jo Samanta -- Patient safety in mental health care / Eva Sundin, James Houston and Jamie Murphy -- Regulating patient safety in the European Union : realistic aspiration or unattainable goal? / Jean V. McHale -- Patient safety and clinical risk management in Germany / Marc Stauch -- Patient safety and the law in Canada / Joan M Gilmour -- New developments in the US : the federal patient safety act / Ronni P. Solomon -- Patient safety in American health care : regulatory models / Barry R. Furrow -- Responding to patient harm : patient safety initiatives in Australia / Merrilyn Walton.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010037173
ISBN9780415557313 (hbk)
ISBN9780203830734 (ebk)

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