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Promotion of Patient/Provider Partnership: Panacea to Patient Safety The Evidence-Based Framework to Reduce Harm, Improve Outcomes, and Build a Resilient Healthcare System By Dr. Uchechukwu Amaefuna-Obasi, MD & Agu Obasi, Esq. Healthcare is facing a global crisis-medical errors are now a leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Despite decades of protocols, checklists, and reforms, patient harm remains alarmingly common. What if the missing ingredient is not another system, but a relationship? In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Uchechukwu Amaefuna-Obasi, a physician and medical educator, and Agu Obasi, an international medical-law expert, present a transformative solution rooted in evidence, ethics, and global best practice: the patient-provider partnership. Combining clinical science with legal insight, this book introduces a bold new paradigm-collaborative healthcare-where patients and providers become equal partners in safety, communication, decision-making, and accountability. Through rigorous research, real case studies, and practical tools, the authors reveal how partnership dramatically reduces medical errors, strengthens trust, and improves outcomes in every health system-whether high-tech or resource-limited. What You Will Discover Inside✔ The true state of patient safety and why preventable harm persists globally ✔ How strong therapeutic alliances reduce errors, boost accuracy, and enhance healing ✔ Legal and ethical foundations that make partnership not optional-but mandatory ✔ Proven strategies for communication, shared decision-making, and error prevention ✔ How AI, digital health, telemedicine, and EHRs can strengthen human connection ✔ Tools for building a partnership-first hospital or clinic, including metrics and dashboards ✔ Insightful case studies from high-reliability systems and developing countries ✔ A blueprint for transforming healthcare into a learning, resilient, and compassionate system Who Is This Book For? Healthcare professionals seeking to improve patient outcomes and safety Medical and nursing students preparing for modern, patient-centered practice Lawyers, policymakers, and health administrators developing safer systems Patients, caregivers, and advocates who want to become empowered partners in care Hospitals and health ministries designing reforms or accreditation frameworks Why This Book MattersThis authoritative guide weaves together patient safety science, health law, clinical communication, and systems thinking into one comprehensive framework. It shows that partnership is the most powerful-and underused-patient-safety intervention in the world. Clear, compelling, and deeply practical, this book gives every reader-from frontline clinicians to national policymakers-the tools to build a healthcare environment where harm is rare, healing is intentional, and every voice matters. A Must-Read for Anyone Dedicated to Safer, Smarter, and More Human HealthcareIf you're looking for a groundbreaking patient safety book, a research-backed clinical communication guide, or a healthcare leadership resource with real-world impact, this is the essential text. Transform your practice. Transform your organization. Transform healthcare-through partnership.

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