Malpractice in surgery : safety culture and quality management in the hospital /
The intensive care units record 1.7 medical errors per patient and day. The most affected disciplines are the operative disciplines, particularly surgery. Medical errors mainly occur when the indication for surgery is being made, during surgery and post-surgery. Suspicious oncological diagnostic res...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter,
2013
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| Series: | Patient safety ;
v. 6. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The intensive care units record 1.7 medical errors per patient and day. The most affected disciplines are the operative disciplines, particularly surgery. Medical errors mainly occur when the indication for surgery is being made, during surgery and post-surgery. Suspicious oncological diagnostic results and post-operative complications are also often ignored. This book deals with typical medical errors in surgery. It shows solutions and ways of dealing effectively with these errors and how to establish an efficient security management system. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 174 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110271607 3110271605 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
