title: Promoting patient safety: implications for pastoral care.
abstract: This article provides an overview of current issues in patient safety, the subject of recently-implemented JCAHO standards, with attention to issues of special interest to pastoral care professionals and Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) students. Case studies of patient safety initiatives in two health care systems are used to illustrate the relationship between institutional core values and the just treatment of injured patients and their families, and to suggest opportunities for chaplains to contribute to patient safety efforts in their institutions. A list of suggested readings and online resources is included.
authors.affiliation: Hastings Center, 21 Malcolm Gordon Road, Garrison, NY 10524, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berlinger
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010327:Pastoral Care; D014481:United States