Safety Management - Ethics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Nurses' and physicians' educational needs in seclusion and restraint practices.

29 Jun 2009 PURPOSE. This study aimed to explore nurses' (N= 22) and physicians' (N= 5) educational needs in the context of their perceived seclusion and restraint-related mode of action and need for support. METHOD. The data were collected by focus group (N= ... Read more...

Should we protect the most sensitive people?

17 May 2009 The recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) are based on a population average, rather than on the available data for subpopulations. From an ethical point of view, this approach is far from unproblematic. ... Read more...

Ethical perspectives on emerging assistive technologies: insights from focus groups with stakeholders in long-term care facilities.

27 Feb 2009 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ARE RELATIVELY novel tools for research and daily care in long-term care (LTC) facilities that are faced with the burgeoning of the older adult population and dwindling staffing resources. The degree to which stakeholders in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Safety Management - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Dealing with the ethical dimension of dementia care. Oct 2009
• Nurses' and physicians' educational needs in seclusion and restraint practices. 29 Jun 2009
• Should we protect the most sensitive people? 17 May 2009
• Moral excellence and patient safety. 27 Feb 2009
• Ethical perspectives on emerging assistive technologies: insights from focus groups with stakeholders in long-term care facilities. 27 Feb 2009
• Finding autonomy in birth. 30 Dec 2008
• Policy development for disruptive student behaviors. 30 Oct 2008
• Placing ethics at the heart of safe staffing. 29 Sep 2008
• The good engineer: giving virtue its due in engineering ethics. 5 May 2008
• Engineering with uncertainty: monitoring air bag performance. 17 Apr 2008
• Legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide: a professional's view. 28 Feb 2008
• Regarding Formula One and global road safety. 30 Jan 2008
• How are drugs approved? Part 2: ethical foundations of clinical research. 30 Jan 2008
• Rigor in monitoring clinical trials is ethical. 30 Jan 2008
• Constant Observation in the general hospital: a review. 30 Dec 2007
• Ethics consultation to PACT teams: balancing client autonomy and clinical necessity. 30 Dec 2007
• To recycle or not to recycle? An intergenerational approach to nuclear fuel cycles. 11 Dec 2007
• Interventions for reducing the use of seclusion in psychiatric facilities: review of the literature. 29 Sep 2007
• Legal principles of confidentiality and other public interests: Part 1. 29 Jun 2007
• Restraint and the question of validity. 29 Jun 2007

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Technical information about 'Safety Management'

Definition: The development of systems to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences in an institutional setting. The concept includes prevention or reduction of adverse events or incidents involving employees, patients, or facilities. Examples include plans to reduce injuries from falls or plans for fire safety to promote a safe institutional environment.

Descriptor UI: D017751

Alternative terms: Safety Management; Management, Safety; Hazard Surveillance Program; Hazard Surveillance Programs; Program, Hazard Surveillance; Programs, Hazard Surveillance; Surveillance Program, Hazard; Surveillance Programs, Hazard; Hazard Management; Management, Hazard; Hazard Control; Control, Hazard; Hazard Controls;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; methods;

Tree Number: N04.452.871.900; N04.452.884; N06.850.135.060.075.800;

History Note: 94