Safer Surgery: Analysing Behaviour in the Operating Theatre

by Lucy Mitchell and Rhona H. Flin

Operating theatres are very private workplaces. There have been few research investigations into how highly trained doctors and nurses work together to achieve safe and efficient anaesthesia and surgery. While there have been major advances in surgical and anaesthetic procedures, there are still significant risks for patients during operations and adverse events are not unknown. Due to rising concern about patient safety, surgeons and anaesthetists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075467536X
• ISBN13: 9780754675365
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"