Safety and ethics in healthcare : a guide to getting it right
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Bill Runciman; Alan Merry; Merrilyn Walton
- ناشر : Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9780754644378
Description
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?
As more and more people survive into old age, the burden of caring for them becomes greater and greater. People working in healthcare increasingly have to do more with less. This book is a guide to getting it right for healthcare professionals. It is about doing the right thing, in the right way, at the right time, for the right people.
