Patient safety, law policy and practice

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Edition Details

Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): John Tingle, Pippa Bark
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: Oxford ; New York : Routledge, 2011
Type: Book
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/patient-safety-law-policy-and-practice/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

XVI, 244 pages : ILlustrations ; 24 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Patient safety, law policy and practice is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Publisher: Routledge
Responsable Person: edited by John Tingle and Pippa Bark.
Publication Date: 2011
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 8 editions
First edition Date: 2010
Last edition Date: 2011
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KD3395
Dewey Code: 344.041
ISBN: 9780415557313 0415557313 9780203830734 0203830733
OCLC: 698360110

Main Contents

Introduction : the development of a patient safety policy agenda / John Tingle
Managing safety, quality and risk / Jo Samanta and Ash Samanta
Pre-trial clinical negligence issues / Charles Foster
The tort of negligence and patient safety / Jose Miola
Medical ethics and patient safety / Nils Hoppe
Psychological aspects of patient safety / Pippa Bark
Blame free reporting : international developments / Johan Legemaate
Economic aspects of hospital patient safety / Stephen Heasell
Patient safety in secondary care / Ash Samanta and Jo Samanta
Patient safety in mental health care / Eva Sundin, James Houston and Jamie Murphy
Regulating patient safety in the European Union : realistic aspiration or unattainable goal? / Jean V. McHale
Patient safety and clinical risk management in Germany / Marc Stauch
Patient safety and the law in Canada / Joan M Gilmour
New developments in the US : the federal patient safety act / Ronni P. Solomon
Patient safety in American health care : regulatory models / Barry R. Furrow
Responding to patient harm : patient safety initiatives in Australia / Merrilyn Walton.

Summary Note

Explore the patient safety managerial structures that exist in countries where there are developed patient safety infrastructures and cultures. This title explores the legal structures of these countries and relates to major in-country patient safety issues in order to draw comparisons and conclusions on patient safety.

Patient safety, law policy and practice

Patient safety, law policy and practice