TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 2. Basic Principles of Patient Safety
A1  - Wachter, Robert M.
PY  - 2012
T2  - Understanding Patient Safety, 2e
AB  - The  traditional  approach  to  medical  errors  has  been  to  blame  the  provider  who  delivers  care  directly  to  the  patient,  acting  at  what  is  sometimes  called  the  “sharp  end”  of  care:  the  doctor  performing  the  transplant  operation  or  diagnosing  the  patient's  chest  pain,  the  nurse  hanging  the  intravenous  medication  bag,  or  the  pharmacist  preparing  the  chemotherapy.  Over  the  last  decade,  we  have  recognized  that  this  approach  overlooks  the  fact  that  most  errors  are  committed  by  hardworking,  well-trained  individuals,  and  such  errors  are  unlikely  to  be  prevented  by  admonishing  people  to  be  more  careful,  or  by  shaming,  firing,  or  suing  them.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56250094
ER  -