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This paper briefly reviews the issue of health and safety in a variety of aspects, assesses the limited attention paid to health and safety in systems analysis and design generally, and argues that designers of health care systems have a particular responsibility to address the health and safety issues.
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Gough, T.G. (1990). Addressing Health and Safety Issues in the Design of Healthcare Systems. In: O’Moore, R., Bengtsson, S., Bryant, J.R., Bryden, J.S. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe ’90. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51659-7_113
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