TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Role of Patients A1 - Wachter, Robert M. A1 - Gupta, Kiran Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Understanding Patient Safety, 3e AB - With increasing public attention to patient safety have come calls for more participation by patients and their advocates in the search for solutions. Some of these calls have focused on individual healthcare organizations, such as efforts to include patients on hospital safety committees. Most, however, have involved enlisting patients in efforts to improve their own individual safety—often framed as a version of the question: “What can patients do to protect themselves?” This chapter will explore some of the opportunities and challenges surrounding patient engagement in their own safety, including errors caused by patients themselves. The issues surrounding disclosure of errors to patients are covered in Chapter 18. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146176405 ER -