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Patient Safety in Surgery
. Ed(S): Mauffrey, Cyril; Stahel, Philip F.
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Description for Patient Safety in Surgery
Paperback. This book covers all aspects of patient safety, in and following surgery, showing that adverse results often result from system errors and communication failure. Benefits surgeons, medical students, residents and fellows, nurses, anaesthesiologists and others. Editor(s): Mauffrey, Cyril; Stahel, Philip F. Num Pages: 528 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 37 colour illustrations, 38 black & white tables, 2 colou. BIC Classification: MB; MNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 807.
In general, surgeons strive to achieve excellent results and ideal patient outcomes, however, this noble task is frequently failed. For patients, surgical complications are analogous to “friendly fire” in wartime. Both scenarios imply that harm is unintentionally done by somebody whose aim was to help. Interestingly, adverse events resulting from surgical interventions are more frequently related to system errors and a communication breakdown among providers, rather than to the imminent threat of the surgical blade “gone wrong”. Patient Safety in Surgery aims to increase the safety and quality of care for patients undergoing surgical procedures in all fields of ... Read more
In general, surgeons strive to achieve excellent results and ideal patient outcomes, however, this noble task is frequently failed. For patients, surgical complications are analogous to “friendly fire” in wartime. Both scenarios imply that harm is unintentionally done by somebody whose aim was to help. Interestingly, adverse events resulting from surgical interventions are more frequently related to system errors and a communication breakdown among providers, rather than to the imminent threat of the surgical blade “gone wrong”. Patient Safety in Surgery aims to increase the safety and quality of care for patients undergoing surgical procedures in all fields of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Number of Pages
513
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447169888
SKU
V9781447169888
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Mauffrey, Cyril; Stahel, Philip F.
Philip F. Stahel, MD, FACS Department of Orthopaedics, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA Cyril Mauffrey MD, MRCS (UK), FRCS (UK) Department of Orthopedics, Denver Health medical Centre, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
Reviews for Patient Safety in Surgery
“This first edition of the textbook, which provides a complete view of all aspects related to safe surgical care … . This is very pleasant reading, bringing useful aspects in debate and we recommend this book to every surgeon interested in improving his vision about what happens outside the operating room.” (Marius M. Scarlat, International Orthopaedics (SICOT), Vol. 39 (5), ... Read more