Patient safety —avoiding, preventing and ameliorating adverse outcomes or injuries stemming from healthcare processes —is gaining increasing importance and attracting more attention. Interest is driven by poor practice incidents which lead to disastrous consequences for patients and relatives, and inquiries concluding with confidence-sapping findings and far-reaching recommendations. This e-book provides a clear and helpful discussion about the background and international context of patient safety. It considers the theoretical underpinnings of patient safety and gives the reader a fascinating insight into what practitioners, managers and educators feel about the value and nature of patient safety. Most importantly, it considers prevention strategies to enable a safe healthcare environment.