Allen, Davina
The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality
The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality presents a series of research-informed readings on the sociological contributions of technologies, practices, experiences, and organizational quality and safety across a range of healthcare contexts.
- Represents the first collection of peer-reviewed research articles showcasing ways that sociology can contribute to the ongoing policy concern of healthcare safety and quality
- Features original contributions from leading experts in healthcare related fields from three continents
- Reveals the state-of-the art in sociological analyses of contemporary healthcare safety and quality along with future directions in the field
- Offers sociological insights from the perspectives of managers, clinicians, and patients
Keywords: Healthcare; healthcare safety; healthcare quality; health quality; health safety; hospital quality; hospital safety; sociology; improvement science
- Editor
- Allen, Davina
- Braithwaite, Jeffrey
- Sandall, Jane
- Waring, Justin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2017
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
- Page amount
- 168 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781119276388
- Printed ISBN
- 9781119276340