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This edited collection of articles addresses aspects of medical care in which human error is associated with unanticipated adverse outcomes
List of contents
Contents: J.T. Reason, Foreword.
M.S. Bogner, Introduction.
L.L. Leape, The Preventability of Medical Injury.
J.A. Perper, Life-Threatening and Fatal Therapeutic Misadventures.
H. Van Cott, Human Errors: Their Causes and Reduction.
N. Moray, Error Reduction as a Systems Problem.
G. Vroman, I. Cohen, N. Volkman, Misinterpreting Cognitive Decline in the Elderly: Blaming the Patient.
R.L. Klatzky, J. Geiwitz, S.C. Fischer, Using Statistics in Clinical Practice: A Gap Between Training and Application.
T.B. Sheridan, J.M. Thompson, People Versus Computers in Medicine.
J.W. Senders, Medical Devices, Medical Errors, and Medical Accidents.
D.I. Serig, Radiopharmaceutical Misadministrations: What's Wrong?
D.M. Gaba, Human Error in Dynamic Medical Domains.
R.L. Helmreich, H-G. Schaefer, Team Performance in the Operating Room.
R.I. Cook, D.D. Woods, Operating at the Sharp End: The Complexity of Human Error.
G.P. Krueger, Fatigue, Performance, and Medical Error.
W.A. Hyman, Errors in the Use of Medical Equipment.
M.H. Applegate, Diagnosis-Related Groups: Are Patients in Jeopardy?
M.S. Bogner, Human Error in Medicine: A Frontier for Change.
J. Rasmussen, Afterword.
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Bogner, Marilyn Sue
Summary
This edited collection of articles addresses aspects of medical care in which human error is associated with unanticipated adverse outcomes
