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To err is human : building a safer health system / Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson, editors

Contributor(s): Kohn, Linda T | Corrigan, Janet | Donaldson, Molla S.

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: xxi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780309261746.Subject(s): Medical errors -- Prevention | Medical Errors -- prevention & controlGenre/Form: Print books. | Internet Resource

Contents:

A comprehensive approach to improving patient safety -- Errors in health care : a leading cause of death and injury -- Why do errors happen? -- Building leadership and knowledge for patient safety -- Error reporting systems -- Protecting voluntary reporting systems from legal discovery -- Setting performance standards and expectations for patient safety -- Creating safety systems in health care organizations

Summary: "This book sets forth a national agenda--with state and local implications--for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system."--Jacket

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Current location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
On Shelf	R729.8 .T6 2000 (Browse shelf)	Available		AU0000000007562

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"This book sets forth a national agenda--with state and local implications--for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system."--Jacket

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To err is human : building a safer health system / Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson, editors

Contributor(s): Kohn, Linda T | Corrigan, Janet | Donaldson, Molla S.