Glendon Farrow, Riverview, NSW

Frontline Patient Safety was written because the lessons of adverse events are not being learnt, with one of the three most common causes being poor clinical decision making. The book is written for those of you on the frontline of healthcare. Nurses, doctors, allied health professionals who practise at the bedside in wards, emergency departments and intensive care units across the country. It's particularly aimed at new "recruits" starting out in their career and needing critical information in order to be safe. There is no time for you to gain experience, but experience is what you need to make safe and sensible decisions. This book is about individual strategies, and not about safety systems, responsibility, and not about blame.