Technical rationality and the decentring of patients and care delivery: a critique of 'unavoidable' in the context of patient harm. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Technical rationality and the decentring of patients and care delivery: a critique of 'unavoidable' in the context of patient harm. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published October 2017

Technical rationality and the decentring of patients and care delivery: a critique of 'unavoidable' in the context of patient harm.

Hutchinson M, Jackson D, Wilson S. Nurs Inq. 2018;25:e12225.

Lack of consensus regarding whether some types of health care–acquired harm are unavoidable influences design and implementation of patient safety initiatives. This commentary spotlights concerns that normalizing harm as unavoidable can hinder investigation of incidents.

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