Quality and Safety in Radiotherapy

The first text to focus solely on quality and safety in radiotherapy, this work encompasses not only traditional technically oriented quality assurance activities, but also general approaches regarding quality and safety. It includes contributions from experts both inside and outside the field to discuss both the processes and the people delivering the service. The contributors discuss Lean thinking, look at reactive and prospective error management techniques, and review varioustechniques to monitor, assure, and improve quality. The book also provides explicit details of quality control relating to equipment and patient-specific issues.