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Your patient safety survival guide : how to protect yourself and others from medical errors /

Each year, one out of every four hospital patients in the United States will be harmed by the care they receive. Over 400,000 will die as a result. Watson delivers a patient-centered blueprint on how to transform the patient-safety movement, and provides key safety habits that people must learn to r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watson, Gretchen LeFever, 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2017]
Subjects:
Medical errors > Prevention.
Patients > Medical care > Safety measures.
Hospitals > Safety measures.
Cross infection > Prevention.
Diagnostic errors > Prevention.
Patient advocacy.
Patient education.
Physician and patient.
Patients > Civil rights.
Patient Safety
Medical Errors > prevention & control
Cross Infection > prevention & control
Patient Advocacy
Patient Education as Topic
Physician-Patient Relations
Patients > Soins médicaux > Sécurité > Mesures.
Patients > Droits.
Éducation des patients.
Relations médecin-patient.
Hôpitaux > Sécurité > Mesures.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
MEDICAL > Physician & Patient.
Patients > Civil rights
Cross infection > Prevention
Hospitals > Safety measures
Medical errors > Prevention
Patient advocacy
Patient education
Physician and patient
Description
Summary:Each year, one out of every four hospital patients in the United States will be harmed by the care they receive. Over 400,000 will die as a result. Watson delivers a patient-centered blueprint on how to transform the patient-safety movement, and provides key safety habits that people must learn to recognize so they can be sure hospital personnel use them during every patient encounter.
Physical Description:xvii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781538102091
1538102099