Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Investigating errors in healthcare interaction
6. Chapter 1. The ecology of human errors in emergency medicine 7
7. Chapter 2. A cognitive ethnography of emergency medicine 21
8. Part II. Behind the scenes
9. Chapter 3. Presenting the case of the emergency ward 41
10. Chapter 4. Medical errors and visual perception 45
11. Chapter 5. The function of procedures in the diagnostic process 81
12. Chapter 6. Interruptions and multitask tolerance in emergency medicine 109
13. Chapter 7. Cultural dynamics 133
14. Chapter 8. Medical teams of experts and novices 167
15. Chapter 9. Documentation in the electronic medical record 197
16. Part III. The aftermath: The scientific enterprise
17. Chapter 10. The integration of multiple timescales 217
18. References 231
19. Index 245