Books and journals on human factors/patient safety
This book and journal list has been prepared by CHFG members. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or definitive reading list, rather it covers main books and journals on key topics related to clinical human factors and patient safety that CHFG members have found useful.
Further articles, films and guides can be found here
Books
| Adams, J. (2001) Risk London: Routledge. | Apter, M. (2007) Reversal Theory: The Dynamics of Motivation, Emotion and Personality (2nd ed) Oxford: Oneworld Publications. | ||
| Autry, J. (2004) The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance New York: Three Rivers Press. | Beaty, D. (1995) The Naked Pilot: The Human Factor in Aircraft Accidents Marlborough: Crowood. | ||
| Bogner, M. (2004) (Ed.) Misadventures in Healthcare. Inside Stories Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. | Bogner, M. (2008 ) (Ed.) Human Error in Medicine (2nd ed.) London: CRC Press. | ||
| Carayon, P. (2005) (Ed.) Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Patient Safety Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. | (Currently not available on Amazon) | Carnegie, D. (1994) How to Win Friends and Influence People London: Vermilion. | |
| Dekker, S. (2006) The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error Aldershot: Ashgate. | Flin, R. (1996) Sitting in the Hot Seat: Leaders and Teams for Critical Incident Management Chichester: Wiley. | ||
| Flin, R., O’Connor, P. & Crichton, M. (2008) Safety at the Sharp End. A Guide to Non-Technical Skills Aldershot: Ashgate. | Glendon, I. et al (2006) Human Safety and Risk Management (2nd ed) Sydney: CRC Press. | ||
| Goleman, D. (1995) Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ New York: Random House. | Gosbee, J. and Gosbee, L. (2010) (2nd ed) Using Human Factors Engineering to Improve Patient Safety | (Currently not available on Amazon) | |
| Kirwan, B. (1994) A Guide to Practical Human Reliability Assessment London: CRC Press. | Loukopoulos, L. et al (2009) The Multi-tasking Myth Farnham: Ashgate. | ||
| Malik, O. (2008) The Grown Ups’ Book of Risk New Insight Press | McAllister. B. (1997) Crew Resource Management: The Improvement of Awareness, Self-discipline, Cockpit Efficiency and Safety Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing Ltd. | ||
| Morath, J. & Turnbull, J. (2005) To Do No Harm. Ensuring Patient Safety in Health Care Organizations San Francisco: Jossey Bass. | Morrell, M. & Capparell, S. (2003) Shackleton’s Way London: Nicholas Brealey Publishing. | ||
| Perrow, C. (1999) Normal Accidents (2nd ed) Princeton: Basic Books. | Reason, J. (2008) The Human Contribution: Unsafe Acts, Accidents and Heroic Recoveries Farnham: Ashgate. | ||
| Reason, J. (1990) Human Error Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | Reason, J. (1997) Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents Aldershot: Ashgate. | ||
| Reason, J. et al (1998) Beyond Aviation Human Factors: Safety in High Technology Systems Farnham: Ashgate. | Rosenthal, M., Mulcahy, L. & Lloyd-Bostock, S. (1999) (Eds.) Medical Mishaps Buckingham: Open University Press. | ||
| Runciman, W., Merry, A., & Walton, M. (2007) Safety and Ethics in Healthcare Aldershot: Ashgate. | Salas, E. et al (2001) Improving Teamwork in Organisations NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. | ||
| Salas, E. et al (1997) (Eds.) Team Resource Management Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum. | (Currently not available on Amazon) | Salvendy, G. (Ed.) (2006) Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics (3rd Ed). Chichester: Wiley. | |
| Shepherd, A. (2000) Hierarchical Task Analysis London: CRC Press. | St Pierre, M., Hofinger, G. & Buerschaper, C. (2007) Crisis Management in Acute Care Settings. Human Factors and Team Psychology in a High Stakes Environment Berlin: Springer. | ||
| Stanton, N. et al (2005) Human Factors Methods. A Practical Guide Aldershot: Ashgate. | Toft, B. and Reynolds S. (2005) Learning from disasters, a management approach Palgrave Macmillan. | ||
| Vincent, C. (2006) Patient Safety London: Churchill Livingstone. | Walshe, K. & Boaden, R. (Eds.) (2006) Patient Safety. Research in Practice Maidenhead: Open University Press. | ||
| West, M. (2003) Effective Teamwork Oxford: Blackwell. | Wickens, C., Gordon, S. & Liu, Y. (2003) Introduction to Human Factors Engineering (2nd ed.) New York: Prentice Hall. | ||
| Wiener, E., Kanki, B. & Helmreich, R. (1990) Cockpit Resource Management San Diego: Academic Press. | Wilson , J. & Corlett, N. (2005) Evaluation of Human Work (3rd ed.) London: Taylor & Francis. | ||
Journals
Accident Analysis and Prevention
Cognition, Technology and Work – Special issue: Cognition, Technology and Work (2010)
Ergonomics – Special issue: Volume 49 Issue 5 & 6 2006: Patient Safety
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
Quality and Safety in Health Care – Special issue: December 2006 (Volume 15, Supplement 1): Safety by design – Human Factors (2006?)