International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

It Ain’t What You Do (But the Way That You Do It): Will Safety II Transform the Way We Do Patient Safety; Comment on “False Dawns and New Horizons in Patient Safety Research and Practice”

Document Type : Commentary

Author
Rebecca Lawton 1, 2
1 School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
2 Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
10.15171/ijhpm.2018.14
Abstract
Mannion and Braithwaite outline a new paradigm for studying and improving patient safety – Safety II. In this response, I argue that Safety I should not be dismissed simply because the safety management strategies that are developed and enacted in the name of Safety I are not always true to the original philosophy of ‘systems thinking.’
Keywords
Patient Safety
Systems Thinking
Safety I
Safety II
Resilience
Subjects
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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 7, Issue 7
2018
Pages 659-661

  • Received Date 03 December 2017
  • Revised Date 18 February 2018
  • Accepted Date 06 February 2018
  • First Published Date 01 July 2018
  • Published Date 01 July 2018