Patient Safety
Abstract
Accountability: Patient Safety and Policy Reform edited by Virginia A. Sharpe (Hastings Center Studies in Ethics), 276 pp, $49.95, ISBN 1-58901-023-X, Washington, DC, Georgetown University Press, 2004. The 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) galvanized a national effort to promote patient safety and decrease the incidence of medical errors. A variety of public and private initiatives have subsequently developed consensus patient safety indicators, identified safety goals, and...