Runciman, Bill, <br/><br/>
Safety and ethics in healthcare :  a guide to getting it right / 
Bill Runciman, Alan Merry, Merrilyn Walton. 
 - xxii, 334 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> What is wrong with healthcare --  Setting the stage : an overview of healthcare --  Risk and the harm caused by healthcare --  Healthcare : a dysfunctional system --  Naming, blaming and shaming --  Understanding the basics --  Human error and complex systems --  Knowing what to do --  Ethics, professional behaviour and regulation --  What to do when things go wrong --  When things go wrong : looking after the people involved --  When things go wrong : preventing a recurrence --  Preventing things from going wrong --  Getting the best out of people --  Getting the best out of the system --  Where to now? --  Preferred terms and-definitions for key safety and quality concepts --  Public expenditure on healthcare in selected countries --  Risk matrix --  Evidence-based medicine : sources of information --  International code of medical ethics --  Jonsen's ethics framework --  Severity assessment code (SAC) --  The advanced incident management system (AIMS) --  Systems methodology (SSM) --  Sources of information for patients.  Pt. 1.  1.  2.  3.  4.  Pt. 2.  5.  6.  7.  Pt. 3.  8.  9.  Pt. 4.  10.  11.  12.  App. I.  App. II.  App. III.  App. IV.  App. V.  App. VI.  App. VII.  App. VIII.  App. IX.  App. X. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0754644359 9780754644354 0754644375 9780754644378 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006031461 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical ethics.<br/>Clinical medicine--Decision making<br/>Medical errors.<br/>Health services accessibility.<br/>Quality of Health Care--ethics<br/>Safety Management--ethics
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R725  / .R86 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>174.2