EC Paediatrics

The concept of human “error” was central to patient safety rise to prominence.

Unfortunately, health care developed only a very limited understanding of complex body of work that itself has been evolving over time.

Its limited view was characterized by a pair of ideas.

First: The rational deliberation was not only fundamental but also normative. [Means the best way to perceive the world and choose actions in it]. This was accompanied by a metaphorical view of the mind as an information-processing computer.

Second: The human beings are typically not very good at rational thinking, they are fundamentally flawed as information processors.

Exploring the development of the concept of “error” demonstrates the narrowness of patient safety understanding.

 Keywords: Error; Patient Safety; Flawed

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