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Resilient health care

By Erik , Braithwaite , Jeffrey; Wears , Robert L.; Hollnagel

Book information

Publisher
Ashgate
Year
2013
ISBN
9781409469797, 1409469794
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3165741 bytes)
Series
Ashgate studies in resilience engineering.
Pages
297\297
Time added
2015-09-13 17:08:30
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Description

Properly performing health care systems require concepts and methods that match their complexity. Resilience engineering provides that capability. It focuses on a system's overall ability to sustain required operations under both expected and unexpected conditions rather than on individual features or qualities. This book contains contributions from international experts in health care, organisational studies and patient safety, as well as resilience engineering. Whereas current safety approaches primarily aim to reduce the number of things that go wrong, Resilient Health Care aims to increase.  Read more...

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