Sidney Dekker

Gebundenes Buch

Foundations of Safety Science

A Century of Understanding Accidents and Disasters

Beschreibung

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations of safety science and provides balanced treatment of all approaches since the early 20th century, showing interlinkages and cross-connections between the approaches.

Autor

Sidney Dekker (PhD Ohio State University, USA, 1996) is professor of social science at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, where he runs the Safety Science Innovation Lab. He is also Professor (Hon.) of psychology at The University of Queensland, and Professor (Hon.) of human factors and patient safety at Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane. Previously, he was Professor of human factors and system safety at Lund University in Sweden. After becoming full professor, he learned to fly the Boeing 737, and worked part-time as an airline pilot out of Copenhagen. He is author of, most recently: The End of Heaven: Disaster and Suffering in a Scientific Age (2017); Just Culture: Restoring Trust and Accountability in Your Organization (2016); Safety Differently (2015); The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' (2014); Second Victim (2013); Drift into Failure (2011); Patient Safety (2011). More at sidneydekker.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 866g
• ISBN-13: 9781138481770
• ISBN-10: 1138481777
• Artikelnr.: 56893355