ABSTRACT

Medical error as defined in Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections: Systemic and Social Causes encompasses many categories including, but not limited to, medical error, hospital-acquired infections, medication errors, deaths from misdiagnosis, deaths from infectious diarrhea in nursing homes, surgical and post-operative complic

chapter 3|34 pages

Medical Errors

chapter 6|40 pages

Hospital Epidemiology

chapter 7|8 pages

Staf‚ng and Medical Errors

chapter 9|12 pages

Shift Work and Its Impact on Medical Error

chapter 10|12 pages

Bullying and Medical Errors

chapter 14|34 pages

Legal Issues

chapter 15|12 pages

Technology and Medical Errors

chapter 18|6 pages

Perspectives of a Frontline Nurse

chapter 19|6 pages

Medical Error: A Personal Story