Improving health care safety and quality [electronic resource] : reluctant regulators / by Judith Healy.
Series: Law, ethics and governancePublication details: Surrey, U.K. ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2011.Description: xix, 328 p. : illISBN:- 9780754676447 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9780754676454 (e-book)
- 363.15/56 22
- K3601 .H43 2011eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why regulate? -- How safe is health care? -- Regulatory actors : who governs health care? -- Regulating the health professions -- Safety cultures and safety systems -- Regulating staff : internal management -- Regulating organizations : external reviews -- Regulation by enforcement : laws, money, and monitoring -- Regulation by patients -- Responsive regulation : trust and transparency.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.