Human Error in Medicine

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Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0805813861
Category: Medical

Human Error in Medicine (Human Error and Safety)

This edited collection of articles addresses aspects of medical care in which human error is associated with unanticipated adverse outcomes. Download Human Error in Medicine medical books for free.
For the purposes of this book, human error encompasses mismanagement of medical care due to:
* inadequacies or ambiguity in the design of a medical device or institutional setting for the delivery of medical care;
* inappropriate responses to antagonistic environmental conditions such as crowding and excessive clutter in institutional settings, extremes in weather, or lack of power and water in a home or field setting;
* cognitive errors of omission and commission precipitated by inadequate information and/or situational factors -- stress, fatigue, excessive cognitive workload.

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