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Rethinking Patient Safety
The vast majority of healthcare is provided safely and effectively. However, just like any high-risk industry, things can and do go wrong. There is a world of advice about how to keep people safe but this delivers little in terms of changed practice. Written by a leading expert in the field with over two decades
| Author(s) | By Suzette Woodward (Sign Up to Safety Campaign c/o the NHS Litigation Authority, London, United Kingdom). |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 208 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 30 Sept 2021 |
| Availability | POD |
The vast majority of healthcare is provided safely and effectively. However, just like any high-risk industry, things can and do go wrong. There is a world of advice about how to keep people safe but this delivers little in terms of changed practice. Written by a leading expert in the field with over two decades
Foreword. Introduction. Creating the right safety culture. Learning from error and harm. Changing behavior. Design for safety. Cross cutting factors. New methods for change. Conclusion.
Dr. Suzette Woodward, Dprof, MSc, PGDMS, RSCN, RGN is an internationally respected patient safety expert who has a background in paediatric intensive care nursing. She's worked for 35 years in the NHS, the last fifteen years at a national level in Patient
