| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 328 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Law, ethics and governance series
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Law, ethics and governance.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Why regulate? -- How safe is health care? -- Regulatory actors : who governs health care? -- Regulating the health professions -- Safety cultures and safety systems -- Regulating staff : internal management -- Regulating organizations : external reviews -- Regulation by enforcement : laws, money, and monitoring -- Regulation by patients -- Responsive regulation : trust and transparency. |
| Summary |
Responding to the public concern caused by recent hospital scandals and accounts of unintended harm to patients, this author draws on her experience of analyzing the health care systems of over a dozen countries and examines whether greater regulation has increased patient safety and health care quality. The book adopts a new approach to mapping developments in health care systems in Europe, North America and Australia and pieces together evidence of which regulatory strategies and mechanisms work well to ensure safer patient care. It identifies the regulatory bodies, the regulatory principles and the implementation strategies adopted to improve governance in health care systems and suggests a conceptual framework for responsive regulation. The book will be of interest to government actors, health care professionals and medico-legal scholars. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Law and legislation.
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Medical care -- Law and legislation. |
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Medical care -- Evaluation.
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Medical care -- Evaluation. |
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Medical care -- Safety measures.
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Medical care -- Safety measures. |
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Medical care. |
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Health facilities -- Safety measures.
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Health facilities -- Safety measures. |
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Quality of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Safety Management -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Delivery of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Health Facilities -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Medical care. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Healy, Judith. Improving health care safety and quality. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011 9780754676447 (DLC) 2010035140 (OCoLC)659413044 |
| ISBN |
9780754676454 (electronic book) |
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0754676455 (electronic book) |
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9780754676447 |
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0754676447 |
| Standard No. |
9786613015051 |
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