Patient safety : an engineering approach /

"Each year a vast sum of money is spent on health care around the globe and patient safety has become a serious global public health issue. Filled with up-to-date information, this book demonstrates how to handle patient safety-related problems by using methods developed in the area of engineer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dhillon, B. S. (Balbir S.), 1947-
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Each year a vast sum of money is spent on health care around the globe and patient safety has become a serious global public health issue. Filled with up-to-date information, this book demonstrates how to handle patient safety-related problems by using methods developed in the area of engineering. It contains a chapter on mathematical concepts and another chapter on introductory material on safety and human factors considered essential to understand materials presented in subsequent chapters. The author's presentation covers topics in such a manner that readers will require no previous knowledge to understand the concepts"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 201 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781439874349
1439874344
1439873860
9781439873861