Resilient health care /

Properly performing health care systems require concepts and methods that match their complexity. Resilience engineering provides that capability. It focuses on a system's overall ability to sustain required operations under both expected and unexpected conditions rather than on individual feat...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Hollnagel, Erik, 1941-, Braithwaite, Jeffrey, 1954-, Wears, Robert L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, [2013]
Series:Ashgate studies in resilience engineering.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
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Summary:Properly performing health care systems require concepts and methods that match their complexity. Resilience engineering provides that capability. It focuses on a system's overall ability to sustain required operations under both expected and unexpected conditions rather than on individual features or qualities. This book contains contributions from international experts in health care, organisational studies and patient safety, as well as resilience engineering.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781409469797
1409469794