Patient safety first : responsive regulation in health care
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Patient safety first : responsive regulation in health care
Allen & Unwin, 2009
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Each year more people die in health care accidents than in road accidents. Increasingly complex medical treatments and overstretched health systems create more opportunities for things to go wrong, and they do. Patient safety is now a major regulatory issue around the world, and Australia has been at its leading edge. Self-regulation by professional and industry groups is now widely regarded as insufficient, and government is stepping in.In Patient Safety First eading experts survey the governance of clinical care. Framed within a theory of responsive regulation, core regulatory approaches to patient safety are analysed for their effectiveness, including information systems, corporate and public institution governance models, the design of safe systems,the role of medical boards, open disclosure and public inquiries. Patient Safety First includes chapters by Bruce Barraclough, John Braithwaite, Stephen Duckett and Ian Freckleton SC. It is essential reading for all medical and legal professionals working in patient safety as well as readers in public health, health policy and governance.
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Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsList of Contributors1. Regulatory strategies for safer patient health care2. Leading from behind with plural regulation3. International trends in patient safety governance4. Voluntary initiatives by clinicians5. Integrating corporate and clinical governance6. Transforming clinical governance in Queensland Health7. Regulating health professionals8. Non-disciplinary pathways in practitioner regulation9. Regulating clinical practice10. Surgeon report cards11. Disclosure of medical injury12. Does litigation against doctors and hospitals improve quality?13. Hospital licensure, certification and accreditation14. Connecting health care through information technology15. Do public inquiries improve health care?Index
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