Alan Merry is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland. Joyce Wahr is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice-Chair for Quality and Safety in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Minnesota.

• 1. Introduction to Medication Safety in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 2. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety during Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 3. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety in the Intensive Care Unit and Ward; 4. Impact of Medication Errors on the Patient and Family: Managing the Aftermath; 5. Consequences for the Practitioner; 6. Why Failures Occur in the Safe Management of Medications; 7. Errors in the Context of the Perioperative Administration of Medications; 8. Violations and Medication Safety; 9. Interventions to Improve Medication Safety; 10. Medication Safety in Special Contexts; 11. Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part I: General Principles; 12. Appropriate Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part II: Practical Examples; 13. Barriers to Improving Medication Safety: Why is Patient Safety So Hard?; 14. Conclusions.

'a valuable contribution to the medical literature … This book will highlight important concepts in the prevention of medication errors and will definitely help the patients of those who read it.' Robert R. Gaiser, Yale School of Medicine

Alan Merry is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland. Joyce Wahr is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice-Chair for Quality and Safety in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Minnesota.

• 1. Introduction to Medication Safety in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 2. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety during Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 3. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety in the Intensive Care Unit and Ward; 4. Impact of Medication Errors on the Patient and Family: Managing the Aftermath; 5. Consequences for the Practitioner; 6. Why Failures Occur in the Safe Management of Medications; 7. Errors in the Context of the Perioperative Administration of Medications; 8. Violations and Medication Safety; 9. Interventions to Improve Medication Safety; 10. Medication Safety in Special Contexts; 11. Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part I: General Principles; 12. Appropriate Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part II: Practical Examples; 13. Barriers to Improving Medication Safety: Why is Patient Safety So Hard?; 14. Conclusions.

'a valuable contribution to the medical literature … This book will highlight important concepts in the prevention of medication errors and will definitely help the patients of those who read it.' Robert R. Gaiser, Yale School of Medicine

Alan Merry is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland. Joyce Wahr is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice-Chair for Quality and Safety in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Minnesota.

• 1. Introduction to Medication Safety in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 2. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety during Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 3. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety in the Intensive Care Unit and Ward; 4. Impact of Medication Errors on the Patient and Family: Managing the Aftermath; 5. Consequences for the Practitioner; 6. Why Failures Occur in the Safe Management of Medications; 7. Errors in the Context of the Perioperative Administration of Medications; 8. Violations and Medication Safety; 9. Interventions to Improve Medication Safety; 10. Medication Safety in Special Contexts; 11. Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part I: General Principles; 12. Appropriate Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part II: Practical Examples; 13. Barriers to Improving Medication Safety: Why is Patient Safety So Hard?; 14. Conclusions.

'a valuable contribution to the medical literature … This book will highlight important concepts in the prevention of medication errors and will definitely help the patients of those who read it.' Robert R. Gaiser, Yale School of Medicine