Open AccessPatient Safety in Cross-border Care
Author(s) -
Eva Turk,
Stephen Leyshon,
Morten Pytte
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medicine, law and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2630-2535
pISSN - 2463-7955
DOI - 10.18690/8.77-83(2015
Subject(s) - accreditation , harm , patient safety , health care , context (archaeology) , quality assurance , european union , medical emergency , medicine , nursing , quality (philosophy) , business , political science , psychology , medical education , international trade , social psychology , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , law , biology , external quality assessment , pathology
Patient safety is a right and it raises particular issues in the context of cross-border care. Patients should be able to have trust and confidence in the healthcare structure as a whole; they must be protected from the harm caused by poorly functioning health systems, medical errors and adverse events. This paper addresses the state of cross-border healthcare in the European Union, the state of patient safety, the question of quality assurance and the role of accreditation as a risk based approach.