Malpractice in surgery : safety culture and quality management in the hospital [E-Book]
Language: English Original language: German Series: Patient safety ; v. 6.Publisher: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 174 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783110271607
- 3110271605
- Medical errors -- Prevention
- Medical care -- Quality control
- Health facilities -- Risk management
- Malpractice
- Medical Errors -- prevention & control
- Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
- Foreign Bodies -- prevention & control
- Intraoperative Complications -- prevention & control
- Malpractice
- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- WO 500
Contents:
Summary: The intensive care units record 1.7 medical errors per patient and day. The most affected disciplines are the operative disciplines, particularly surgery. Medical errors mainly occur when the indication for surgery is being made, during surgery and post-surgery. Suspicious oncological diagnostic results and post-operative complications are also often ignored. This book deals with typical medical errors in surgery. It shows solutions and ways of dealing effectively with these errors and how to establish an efficient security management system.
Principles of medical malpractice -- Errors, incidents and complications in general surgery -- Retained surgical foreign bodies -- Quality management related to wrong-site surgery -- Towards a preventive safety culture within the hospital -- Ethical aspects of an open safety culture : towards a new physician-patient relationship in 21st century medicine.
| Item type | Home library | Class number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic book | Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Online | Link to resource | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Principles of medical malpractice -- Errors, incidents and complications in general surgery -- Retained surgical foreign bodies -- Quality management related to wrong-site surgery -- Towards a preventive safety culture within the hospital -- Ethical aspects of an open safety culture : towards a new physician-patient relationship in 21st century medicine.
The intensive care units record 1.7 medical errors per patient and day. The most affected disciplines are the operative disciplines, particularly surgery. Medical errors mainly occur when the indication for surgery is being made, during surgery and post-surgery. Suspicious oncological diagnostic results and post-operative complications are also often ignored. This book deals with typical medical errors in surgery. It shows solutions and ways of dealing effectively with these errors and how to establish an efficient security management system.
Print version record.
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
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