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Summary
Patient safety suddenly burst into public consciousness in the late 1990s and became a 'celebrated' cause in the 2000s. It has since gradually faltered, and little improvement has been noted over almost 20 years. Both the rise and fall of patient safety demand explanation. Medical harm had been known long before the 1990s, so why did it suddenly become popular? And why were safety efforts ineffective? The authors propose that this rise was due to a discursive shift that reframed 'medical harm' into 'medical error' in the setting of anxiety about industrialization and great change in healthcare
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Also issued in print: 2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience
Specialized
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 9, 2019)
