Patient Safety Culture: Theory, Methods And Application

Patient Safety Culture: Theory, Methods and Application is essential reading for all of the professional groups involved in patient safety and healthcare quality improvement, filling an important gap in the current market. The main purpose of this book is to provide researchers, healthcare managers and human factors practitioners with details of the latest developments within the theory and application of PSC within healthcare. It brings together contributions from the most prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of PSC and covers the background to work on safety culture, the dominant theories and concepts within PSC, examples of PSC tools, methods of assessment and their application, and details of the most prominent challenges for the future in the area.

• • Author: Dr Patrick Waterson
• • Publisher: Crc Press
• • Publication Date: Sep 28, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 444 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1409448142
• • ISBN-13: 9781409448143