Patient Safety

In many countries, the last decade has brought a growing public realisation that healthcare organisations are often dangerous places to be. Reports published in the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada have served to focus public and policy attention on the safety of patients and to highlight the alarmingly high incidence of errors and adverse events which lead to some kind of harm or injury. This book presents a research-based perspective on patient safety Ĺź drawing together the most recent ideas and thinking from researchers on how to research and understand patient safety issues and how the findings from research get used to shape policy and practice. Contributors: Brenda Ashcroft; Tony Avery ; Maureen Baker; Paul Beatty; Ruth Boaden; Judith Cantrill; Tanya Claridge, Gary Cooke; Sue Dovey; Kathryn Ehrich; Max Elstein; Aneez Esmail; Rachel Finn; Martin Fletcher; Sally Giles; John Hickner; Amanda Howe; Charlotte Humphrey; Gillian Hundt; Michael Jones; Sue Kirk; Rebecca Lawton; Susanne Lindqvist; Martin Marshall; Ruth McDonald; Dianne Parker; Shirley Pearce; Bob Phillips; Steve Rogers; John Sandars; Donald Singer; Richard Thomson; Margaret Thorogood; Charles Vincent; Justin Waring; Heather Waterman; Alison Watkin; Fiona Watts; Kieran Walshe.