Patient Safety: A Human Factors Approach

by Sidney Dekker

Book Overview

Increased concern for patient safety has put the issue at the top of the agenda of practitioners, hospitals, and even governments. The risks to patients are many and diverse, and the complexity of the healthcare system that delivers them is huge. Yet the discourse is often oversimplified and underdeveloped. Written from a scientific, human factors perspective, Patient Safety: A Human Factors Approach delineates a method that can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439852251
• ISBN13: 9781439852255
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"