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 - 2024/10/15 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56250094 ER -