Malpractice in Surgery

Safety Culture and Quality Management in the Hospital
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-027132-4
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

Reihe: Patient Safety

Tentative estimates suggest that one in ten patients suffers from an adverse event in hospital. In Germany, approx. 1.8 million out of approx. 18 million inpatients suffer from adverse events; 50 percent of these cases are estimated to be avoidable. In the US, nearly 100,000 people die from the consequences of mistreatment. The intensive care units record 1.7 medical errors per patient and day. The most affected disciplines are the operative disciplines, particularly general surgery. Medical errors mainly occur when the indication for surgery is being made, during surgery and post-surgery. Suspicious oncological diagnostic results and post-operative complications are also often ignored. This book deals with complications and typical medical errors in surgery. It shows solutions and ways of dealing effectively with these errors and how to establish an efficient security management system.

Zielgruppe

Surgeons, Physicians, Clinical Chemists, Clinical Pathologists, Medical Technologists, Research Scientists, Laboratorians and Laboratory Technologists; Laboratory and Healthcare Professionals; Academic Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Imhof, Michael

Weitere Mitwirkende

Blondel, Constantijn

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Qualitätsmanagement, Qualitätssicherung (QS), Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Krankenhausmanagement, Praxismanagement

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Imhof, Office for Medical and Scientific Expert Assessments, Würzburg, Germany.