Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety

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Edition: 2
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1439830339

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety, Second Edition

The first edition of Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety took the medical and ergonomics communities by storm with in-depth coverage of human factors and ergonomics research, concepts, theories, models, methods, and interventions and how they can be applied in health care.
Written for students and professionals, this book is a complete reference on human factors and ergonomics research, concepts, theories, models, methods, and interventions that have been or can be applied in health care. Topics such as medical technology and telemedicine are covered, and special emphasis is put on the contributions of human factors and ergonomics to the improvement of patient safety and quality of care. Nine chapters from the original edition were deleted, and information from them was incorporated into other chapters. Furthermore, this second edition offers 17 new chapters.
Other books focus on particular human factors and ergonomics issues such as human error or design of medical devices or a specific application such as emergency medicine. This book draws on both areas to provide a compendium of human factors and ergonomics issues relevant to health care and patient safety. The second edition takes a more practical approach with coverage of methods, interventions, and applications and a gre

Handbook Of Human Factors And Ergonomics In Health Care And Patient Safety, Seco

format hardback language english publication year 21 11 2011 series human factors and ergonomics subject medicine subject 2 medicine general title handbook of human factors and ergonomics in health care and patient safety second edition author carayon pascale edited by publisher crc pr i llc publication date nov 22 2011 pages 872 binding hardcover edition 2 nd dimensions 8 58 wx 11 10 hx 1 73 d isbn 1439830339 subject technology engineering industrial health safety description written for stud

"Written for students and professionals, this book is a complete reference on human factors and ergonomics research, concepts, theories, models, methods, and interventions that have been or can be applied in health care. Topics such as medical technologyand telemedicine are covered, and special emphasis is put on the contributions of human factors and ergonomics to the improvement of patient safety and quality of care. Nine chapters from the original edition were deleted, and information from them was incorporated into other chapters. Furthermore, this second edition offers 17 new chapters"--

Categories: Safety Management, Human Engineering & Ergonomics, Medical errors->Prevention and control. Contributors: Pascale Carayon - Editor. Format: Hardcover

Categories: Safety Management, Human Engineering & Ergonomics. Contributors: Pascale Carayon - Editor. Format: Hardcover

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Other books focus on particular human factors and ergonomics issues such as human error or design of medical devices or a specific application such as emergency medicine
The second edition takes a more practical approach with coverage of methods, interventions, and applications and a gre