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Chapter 17 - Managing Adverse Outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

By
Gabrielle Pendlebury  and
Derek Tracy
Edited by
Gabrielle Pendlebury  and
Derek Tracy
Derek Tracy
Affiliation:
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

Risks or vulnerabilities can arise from any death and part of any professional’s role is to be alert to remediating them as part of patient safety. This chapter will look at how to identify these risks. It will also consider what to do when criticism occurs, and how to remediate to allow for a satisfactory or moderated outcome.

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action planremediationcause of deathfamily concernswitness statementgovernanceregulatorsPFDs
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A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Coroner's Court and Inquests , pp. 81 - 85
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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