Robert L. Wears (1947-2017) was professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida. His research focused on technical work studies, joint cognitive systems, and understanding the nature of safety and resilience in complex socio-technical systems, including medicine and healthcare.
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Still Not Safe is the story of the rise of the patient-safety movement—and how an 'epidemic' of medical errors was derived from a reality that didn't support such a characterization. Physician Robert Wears and organizational theorist Kathleen Sutcli... SEE MORE