Overview
Showcases perioperative patient safety for a wide audience
Written by leading international authors who have implemented many successful programs
Allows the reader to understand the unique nature of the surgical environment
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
Surgical Patient Care: Improving Safety, Quality and Value targets an international audience which includes all hospital, ambulatory and clinic-based operating room personnel as well as healthcare administrators and managers, directors of risk management and patient safety, health services researchers, and individuals in higher education in the health professions. It is intended to provide both fundamental knowledge and practical information for those at the front line of patient care. The increasing interest in patient safety worldwide makes this a timely global topic. As such, the content is written for an international audience and contains materials from leading international authors who have implemented many successful programs.
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Table of contents (53 chapters)
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Fundamentals of Systems and Safety Science
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Job and Organizational Design
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Associate Professor of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Chair of Surgery, Saint Agnes Hospital
900 Caton Avenue
Baltimore, MD
USA
Paul Barach, BSc, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI USA
Julie K. Johnson, MSPH, PhD
Professor
Northwestern University
Department of Surgery
Chicago, IL
USA
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP
Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
Director, Andrews/Daicoff Cardiovascular Program
Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation and Extracorporeal Life Support Programs
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute
All Children’s Hospital
Saint Petersburg, FL
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Surgical Patient Care
Book Subtitle: Improving Safety, Quality and Value
Editors: Juan A. Sanchez, Paul Barach, Julie K. Johnson, Jeffrey P. Jacobs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44010-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44008-8Published: 08 June 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82959-3Published: 12 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44010-1Published: 29 May 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLVII, 909
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 156 illustrations in colour
Topics: General Surgery, Health Administration