Improving Patient Safety Through Teamwork and Team Training

by Karen Frush and Eduardo Salas

Book Overview

Team training has become a tradition in healthcare, where it has helped produce significantly positive results in patient safety. It is widely acknowledged that medical teamwork is essential, yet the coordination, communication, and cooperation behind it has never been carefully examined. This book provides a comprehensive study of the science behind improving team performance in the delivery of clinical care. Leaders in the field, Eduardo Salas and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195399099
• ISBN13: 9780195399097
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"