Kathryn Joseph

Jan 30, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ashfaq Chauhan |Bronwyn Newman |Elizabeth Manias |Kathryn Joseph

1 INTRODUCTION Traditionally, patient safety has been thought of as an absence of preventable harm during the process of care1; but can also be conceptualised as achieving the safest possible care in the available circumstances.2 Consumers from ethnic minority backgrounds accessing healthcare are often exposed to a higher risk of patient safety events (events that could have or did result in harm to the patient)3 such as medication-related harm and healthcare-acquired infections compared to...