Author: Gena Corea
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Author: Lucian L. Leape
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030711234
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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This unique and engaging open access title provides a compelling and ground-breaking account of the patient safety movement in the United States, told from the perspective of one of its most prominent leaders, and arguably the movement’s founder, Lucian L. Leape, MD. Covering the growth of the field from the late 1980s to 2015, Dr. Leape details the developments, actors, organizations, research, and policy-making activities that marked the evolution and major advances of patient safety in this time span. In addition, and perhaps most importantly, this book not only comprehensively details how and why human and systems errors too often occur in the process of providing health care, it also promotes an in-depth understanding of the principles and practices of patient safety, including how they were influenced by today’s modern safety sciences and systems theory and design. Indeed, the book emphasizes how the growing awareness of systems-design thinking and the self-education and commitment to improving patient safety, by not only Dr. Leape but a wide range of other clinicians and health executives from both the private and public sectors, all converged to drive forward the patient safety movement in the US. Making Healthcare Safe is divided into four parts: I. In the Beginning describes the research and theory that defined patient safety and the early initiatives to enhance it. II. Institutional Responses tells the stories of the efforts of the major organizations that began to apply the new concepts and make patient safety a reality. Most of these stories have not been previously told, so this account becomes their histories as well. III. Getting to Work provides in-depth analyses of four key issues that cut across disciplinary lines impacting patient safety which required special attention. IV. Creating a Culture of Safety looks to the future, marshalling the best thinking about what it will take to achieve the safe care we all deserve. Captivatingly written with an “insider’s” tone and a major contribution to the clinical literature, this title will be of immense value to health care professionals, to students in a range of academic disciplines, to medical trainees, to health administrators, to policymakers and even to lay readers with an interest in patient safety and in the critical quest to create safe care.

Author: Mary Roth Walsh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300020243
Category : Sex discrimination against women
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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Author: Craig R Hickman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440518564
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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Cynicism and distrust are rampant in today's business environment. Eighty percent of employees want nothing to do with their organizations, or the managers who run them. Great management principles, once the backbone of successful companies, are now often used and manipulated by corporate leaders for their own gain. If left unchecked, these formerly great principles turn into malpractices that damage morale, thwart productivity and destroy companies. Management Malpractice provides practical advice for preventing and curing abuses and shows how managers and organizations can work together to restore value to their organizations.

Author: Natalie Robins
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 9780440222675
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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On a Sunday night in March, 1984, 18-year-old Libby Zion was admitted to New York Hospital with a fever and minor flu symptoms. Eight hours later she was dead, and her father embarked on a quest for answers that culminated in a shocking verdict ten years later. Written with the participation of both the Zion family and the New York Hospital, this in-depth examination of the case reveals the life and death issues that everyone should know about medical care in the U.S.

Author: Sara C. Charles
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780394746630
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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The true story of the malpractice trial of Sara Charles, a Chicago psychiatrist, who was sued for $10 million by a patient whose failed suicide attempt left her crippled.

Author: Ethel Dimont
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557684021
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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A ""bump"" on the head can change your life and may cause a serious ""invisible"" brain injury. Brain injuries happen every day, only we don't take them seriously enough. Dizziness, inability to sleep, irritability, mood swings; all of these are signs of a possible brain injury. Yet, when we experience these, we are often told to, ""Shake it off"" it will go away. What happens when it doesn't go away? Where do we look for help? Not all doctors know what a brain injury looks like or how one behaves. In this book Ethel Dimont, tells her compelling story of how she received a wrong diagnosis about a concussion she received in a car accident. After many months of not getting better, her doctor decided the injury was ""all in her head"" and she was labeled a malingerer (slacker).

Author: Jack Spenser
Publisher: Board Certified Press
ISBN: 9780578646060
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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This book is a journal I kept when I was a defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit. It describes what happened, as well as my reactions, thoughts, and feelings--and how the litigation affected my life and other lives. To my knowledge a work of this kind has never been published. Physicians should read this book. Patients should read this book. It's a survival guide for everybody.

Author: Andrew Scull
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300126700
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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A shocking story of medical brutality perfomed in the name of psychiatric medicine.

Author: Riga, Marina
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1522523383
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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Precise and flawless medical practice is imperative due to the delicate nature of patient lives and health. Without methods and technologies to detect medical mistakes, many lives would be compromised. Impact of Medical Errors and Malpractice on Health Economics, Quality, and Patient Safety is an essential reference source for the latest research on the detection and analysis of the various implications of medical errors and addresses the hidden malpractices that exist in healthcare systems globally. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics such as clinical pathways, decision-making techniques, and health information technology, this book is ideally designed for practitioners, professionals, and researchers seeking current research on various issues in healthcare provision.