Background Although patient safety has been studied extensively, little research has directly
examined patient and family (consumer) perceptions. Evidence suggests that clinicians …

Background. One of the most remarkable features of patient safety research in primary care
is the sparse attention paid to patients' own experiences. Objective. To explore patient's …

Introduction Patient safety research has tended to focus on hospital settings, although most
clinical encounters occur in primary care, and to emphasize practitioner errors, rather than …

Background Health care remains unacceptably error prone. Recently, efforts to address this
problem have included the patient and their family as partners with providers in harm …

Background: Although the extant literature on patient safety is rich, few studies have
specifically examined safety from the patient perspective. In addition, little is known about …

Background: Patient safety has been a highly researched topic in health care since the year
2000. One strategy for improving patient safety has been to encourage patients to take an …

Objectives The risk associated with receiving health care has called for an increased focus
on the role of patients in helping to improve safety. Recent research has highlighted that …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Many health care providers now disseminate advisories
telling patients what they can do to avoid errors and harms in their care. Methods The …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to determine what patient and family stories can tell us
about patient safety culture within health care organizations and how patients experience …

Objective Studies of patient safety in health care have traditionally focused on hospital
medicine. However, recent years have seen more research located in primary care settings …