RT Book, Section
A1 Wachter, Robert M.
A1 Gupta, Kiran
SR Print(0)
ID 1146176405
T1 The Role of Patients
T2 Understanding Patient Safety, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259860249
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146176405
RD 2024/04/19
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.