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The system approach
The system approach Health systems add complex organisational structures to human fallibility , thus substantially increasing the potential for errors. A systems approach to error recognises that adverse events rarely have an isolated cause and that they are b...
09 - 6 Mood Disorders and the Neurotransmitter Networks
UNDERSTANDING PATIENT SAFETY
UNDERSTANDING PATIENT SAFETY
10 - 7 Treatments for Mood Disorders So Called Antidepr
When things go wrong open disclosure
When things go wrong: open disclosure Communicating honestly with patients after an adverse event, or open disclosure , includes a full explanation of what happened, the potential consequences and what will be done to fix the problem. Safe care also involves ta...
11 - 8 Anxiety, Trauma, and Treatment
teamwork errors
teamwork errors Operating theatres have been described as ‘among the most - complex political, social and cultural structures that exist, full of ritual, drama, hierarchy and too often conflict’. In such an environment, systems should seek to prevent error by ...
12 - 9 Chronic Pain and Its Treatment
ACCESS TO SURGICAL CARE
ACCESS TO SURGICAL CARE The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (2015) estimated that 5 billion out of the 7 billion people on the planet do not have access to surgery (see Summary box 16.2 ). This is concerning, as access to timely life-saving essential surg...
13 - 10 Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness and Their Tr
ESSENTIAL SURGERY THROUGH SURGICAL HEAL THCARE DEL
ESSENTIAL SURGERY THROUGH SURGICAL HEAL THCARE DELIVERY PLATFORMS The 44 essential surgeries listed by WHO are critical to life, and 29 of them can be done at a district hospital. The bellwether procedures include caesarean sections, laparotomies and treatmen...
14 - 11 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and It
ESSENTIAL SURGERY THROUGH SURGICAL HEAL THCARE DELIVERY PLATFORMS
ESSENTIAL SURGERY THROUGH SURGICAL HEAL THCARE DELIVERY PLATFORMS The 44 essential surgeries listed by WHO are critical to life, and 29 of them can be done at a district hospital. The bellwether procedures include caesarean sections, laparotomies and treatmen...
15 - 12 Dementia Causes, Symptomatic Treatments, and th
FURTHER READING
FURTHER READING Bath M, Bashford T , Fitzgerald JE. What is ‘global surgery’? Defining the multidisciplinary interface between surgery , anaesthesia and public health. BMJ Glob Health 2019; 4 (5): e001808. Debas HT , Donkor P , Gawande A et al. (eds). Essential...
16 - 13 Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction
GLOBAL SURGICAL METRICS AND RESEARCH
GLOBAL SURGICAL METRICS AND RESEARCH Surgeons are familiar with vital-sign-based scoring systems for individual patients and with hospital metrics for inpatient hospital stay , surgical site infection or ventilator-associated pneumonia. Global surgery requires...