Patient safety : a human factors approach /

"With coverage ranging from the influence of professional identity in medicine and problematic nature of "human error", to the psychological and social features that characterize healthcare work, to the safety-critical aspects of interfaces and automation, this book spans the width of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dekker, Sidney
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"With coverage ranging from the influence of professional identity in medicine and problematic nature of "human error", to the psychological and social features that characterize healthcare work, to the safety-critical aspects of interfaces and automation, this book spans the width of the human factors field and its importance for patient safety today. In addition, the book discusses topics such as accountability, just culture, and secondary victimization in the aftermath of adverse events and takes readers to the leading edge of human factors research today: complexity, systems thinking and resilience"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781439852262
143985226X
0429110499
9780429110498