Clinical Oncology and Error Reduction: A Manual for Clinicians

Clinical Oncology and Error Reduction is the first single–source reference to address the vital topics of recognizing, preventing, and responding to medical errors in clinical oncology.Filled with practical information for immediate clinical applicationCovers topics such as patient safety, error prevention, quality improvement, errors disclosure and apology, and the impact of errors on patients and doctors      Each chapter contains special ‘take home’ points that highlight issues of particular clinical relevance and applicationPrepared by an expert, multidisciplinary, international team of physicians, nurses, researchers, hospital administrators, bioethicists, patients and patient advocates INDICE: Foreword by Dominic J. Balestra, vii.Preface, ix.1     Introduction to Oncology and Medical ErrorsAntonella Surbone and Michael Rowe.Part I. Medical Errors and Oncology: Background and Context  .2     Recognizing and Facing Medical Errors. The Perspective of a Physician who is also PatientItzhak Brook .3     Psychological and Existential Consequences of Medical Error for Oncology ProfessionalsMary J. Chalino, Evelyn Y.T. Wong, Bradley L. Collins, and Richard T. Penson .4     To Sue or Not to Sue: Restoring Trust in Patient Doctor Family RelationshipsMichael Rowe and Antonella Surbone .Part II: Improving Patient Safety in Clinical Oncology Practice.5     Prevention of Errors and Patient Safety: Oncology Nurses PerspectivesMartha Polovich .6     Prevention of Errors and Patient Safety from the Oncologists PerspectiveMeghan E. C. Shea, Nie Bohlen, and Inga T. Lennes .7     Disclosing Harmful Medical ErrorsWalter Baile and Daniel Epner .8     Do Cross–Cultural Differences Influence the Occurrence and Disclosure of Medical Errors in Oncology?Lidia Schapira, Joseph R. Betancourt, and Alexander R. Green .Part III: Cancer Patients, Oncology Professionals and Institutions Against Medical Errors.9     Prevention of Errors and Patient Safety: Institutional PerspectivesEric Manheimer .10    Professional and Ethical Responsibilities in Adverse Events and Medical Errors: Discussions When Things Go WrongP.M. Forde and Albert W. Wu .11    Medical Error and Patient AdvocacyJuanne N. Clarke .12    CONCLUSION: The Given and Therefore s   of Clinical Oncology and Medical ErrorsAntonella Surbone and Michael Rowe .Index,

• ISBN: 978-1-118-74906-7
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 464
• Fecha Publicación: 17/02/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés