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Comment
. 2018 Jul 1;7(7):659-661.
doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.14.

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"

Rebecca Lawton  1   2
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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"

Rebecca Lawton. Int J Health Policy Manag. .

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; Resilience; Safety I; Safety II; Systems Thinking.

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