Rev. ed. of: Risk management in health care institutions. 2nd ed. c2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Risk management dynamics -- Regulatory environment -- Risk management in employment -- Communication to reduce risk -- Financing risk -- Ethical issues for risk managers -- Assuring safety and security in healthcare institutions -- Patient safety tools : integrating quality and managing risk -- Medical malpractice -- Strategies to reduce liability -- Risk management in selected high risk hospital departments -- Risk management for infection control program -- Risk management in psychiatry -- Telemedicine -- Risk management in ambulatory care settings -- Risk management in long term care institutions and services -- Risk management in office-based surgery.