4 quality management related to wrong site surgery 5 towards a preventive safety culture within the hospital 6 ethical aspects of an open safety culture towards a new physician patient relationship in 21st century medicine. In the us nearly 100000 people die from the consequences of mistreatment the intensive care units record 17 medical errors per patient and day the most affected disciplines are the operative disciplines particularly general surgery medical errors mainly occur when the indication for surgery is being made during surgery and post surgery. Malpractice in surgery safety culture and quality management in the hospital patient safety 9783110271324 medicine health science books amazoncom. Get this from a library malpractice in surgery safety culture and quality management in the hospital michael imhof constantijn blondel tentative estimates suggest that one in ten patients suffers from an adverse event in hospital in germany approx 18 million out of approx 18 million inpatients suffer from adverse events 50 . Malpractice in surgery safety culture and quality management in the hospital reviews patient safety primer the concept of safety culture originated outside health care in studies of high reliability organizationsorganizations that consistently minimize adverse events despite carrying out intrinsically complex and hazardous work