Medical Error and Harm

Understanding, Prevention, and Control

• Author(s): Milos Jenicek,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 384
• ISBN_10: 1040179916
  ISBN_13: 9781040179918
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Management , Business & Economics / Quality Control , Law / Medical Law & Legislation , Technology & Engineering / Industrial Health & Safety , Business & Economics / Government & Business , Medical / Health Care Delivery , Technology & Engineering / Engineering (General) ,

Description:... Recent debate over healthcare and its spiraling costs has brought medical error into the spotlight as an indicator of everything that is ineffective, inhumane, and wasteful about modern medicine. But while the tendency is to blame it all on human error, it is a much more complex problem that involves overburdened systems, constantly changing techno