Clinical Oncology and Error Reduction: A Manual for Clinicians

Clinical Oncology and Error Reduction is the firstsingle-source reference to address the vital topics of recognizing,preventing, and responding to medical errors in clinicaloncology.

• Filled with practical information for immediate clinicalapplication
• Covers topics such as patient safety, error prevention, qualityimprovement, errors disclosure and apology, and the impact oferrors on patients and doctors     
• Each chapter contains special ‘take home’ pointsthat highlight issues of particular clinical relevance andapplication
• Prepared by an expert, multidisciplinary, international team ofphysicians, nurses, researchers, hospital administrators,bioethicists, patients and patient advocates

Avainsanat: Oncology & Radiotherapy,

Medical error, clinical oncology, doctors, patients, oncologists, cancer, prevention, diagnosis, apology, disclosure of error