ArticleQuality & safety in health care2002
Patient safety: what about the patient?
Article in Quality & safety in health care, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 142 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
142 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- How older people enact care involvement during transition from hospital to home: A systematic review and model.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2019Pooled it
- Engaging patients to improve quality of care: a systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2018Pooled it
- Promoting engagement by patients and families to reduce adverse events in acute care settings: a systematic review.BMJ quality & safety · 2014Pooled it
- What can patients tell us about the quality and safety of hospital care? Findings from a UK multicentre survey study.BMJ quality & safety · 2018Trial
- The patient reporting and action for a safe environment (PRASE) intervention: a feasibility study.BMC health services research · 2016Trial
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- Acceptability of identification bracelets for hospital inpatients.Quality & safety in health care · 2004Trial
- Collaborative safety: The impact of patient and caregiver engagement in perioperative care.PEC innovation · 2026Article
- What do people do in the aftermath of healthcare-related harm? A qualitative study on experiences and factors influencing decision-making.BMJ quality & safety · 2026Article
- Involving adult inpatients, family, partners and/or carers in measuring and monitoring patient safety in acute care hospitals: Protocol for an umbrella review.HRB open research · 2026Article
- Safety and personalised care in maternity services of England for women whose preferred language is not English: a critical race theory analysis of interpreter experiences.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Patient-reported harm from NHS treatment or care, or the lack of access to care: a cross-sectional survey of general population prevalence, impact and responses.BMJ quality & safety · 2025Article
- Invisible harm in patient safety: a framework and definition for preventable psychological harm in cancer care.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Development of validated, context-specific patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) tools to enhance quality and patient safety in India.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Comparative study between the Patient Participation Culture Tool and the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture using retrospective data from 2014 to 2021.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Patient Safety: Developing and Evaluating a Workshop for Preclinical Students.The clinical teacher · 2025Article
- Medication Safety in Saudi Arabia: Evaluating the Current Situation and Identifying the Areas for Improvement.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- 'They Take the Mum Off You When You Come In': An Ethnographic Study of Parent Experiences of Medicines Safety Systems in English Hospitals.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a patient experience assessment questionnaire for evaluating hospital care in Iran.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- The Learn Together programme (part B): evaluating co-designed guidance to support patient and family involvement in patient safety incident investigations.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
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Abstract
Plans for improving safety in medical care often ignore the patient's perspective. The active role of patients in their care should be recognised and encouraged. Patients have a key role to play in helping to reach an accurate diagnosis, in deciding about appropriate treatment, in choosing an experienced and safe provider, in ensuring that treatment is appropriately administered, monitored and adhered to, and in identifying adverse events and taking appropriate action. They may experience considerable psychological trauma both as a result of an adverse outcome and through the way the incident is managed. If a medical injury occurs it is important to listen to the patient and/or the family, acknowledge the damage, give an honest and open explanation and an apology, ask about emotional trauma and anxieties about future treatment, and provide practical and financial help quickly.
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