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Contents
- Chapter 1 Clinical error: the scale of the problem
- Chapter 2 Clinical errors: What are they?
- Chapter 3 Safety culture in high reliability organizations
- Chapter 4 Case studies
- Chapter 5 Error management
- Chapter 6 Communication failure
- Chapter 7 Situation awareness
- Chapter 8 Professional culture
- Chapter 9 When carers deliberately cause harm
- Chapter 10 Patient safety toolbox
- Chapter 11 Conclusions