Health & Safety

This book is written as a companion to the author’s previous published 2012 title "Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety." In this new book the safety professional is given the tools, the next - first steps, and examples to model success...

This book is a set of new skills written for the managers that drive safety in their workplace. This is Human Performance theory made simple. If you are starting a new program, revamping an old program, or simply interested in understanding more about safety performance, this guide will be extremel..

Students, health and safety experts and high level practitioners should find this a useful introduction to the basic theories and principals of accident prevention through diagnosis and feedback control. It presents the various methods and tools of SHE practice where experience feedback is employed...

Researching Patient Safety and Quality in Health Care: A Nordic Perspective is an anthology based on contributions from leading researchers on quality and safety in healthcare in the Nordic countries together with four internationally renowned patient safety authors. Research on patient safety and q..

This book contains contributions from international experts in health care, organisational studies and patient safety, as well as resilience engineering...

Despite the common focus on deviations and failures in health systems, it is an undeniable fact that clinical work goes right far more often than it goes wrong, and that we only can make it better if we understand how this happens. This second volume of Resilient Health Care continues the line of th..

This book is the 3rd volume in the Resilient Health Care series. Resilient health care is a product of both the policy and managerial efforts to organize, fund and improve services, and the clinical care which is delivered directly to patients...

With the draft version of ISO 45001 already released (which the author had some input on) and the final version expected by the end of 2016, this is an ideal opportunity for a book that is aimed at meeting the requirements of the new standards and at being a practical reference when an organization ..

Risky Rewards engages with this debate, particularly in the context of the present and potential role of incentives to manage major accident risk in hazardous industries...

Edited by industrial safety expert Eric Hollnagel and featuring commentary from leaders in the field, the book examines research on the contemporary human factors approach, looks at documented cases, and considers methods currently in practice. The book introduces theories and methods that can be us..

Edited by industrial safety expert Eric Hollnagel and featuring commentary from leaders in the field, the book examines research on the contemporary human factors approach, looks at documented cases, and considers methods currently in practice. The book introduces theories and methods that can be us..

A single coherent source of information on the various interlinking domains of patient safety, litigation and ethical behaviour, based on accounts of real-life situations and intended for all healthcare students, specialists and administrators...