Errors, medicine, and the law /

Untoward injuries are unacceptably common in medical treatment, at times with tragic consequences for patients. The phrases 'an epidemic of error' and 'the medical toll' have been coined to describe this problem of 'iatrogenic harm', which it has been suggested may have...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Merry, Alan
مؤلفون آخرون: McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=73961
جدول المحتويات:
  • 1. Accidents
  • 2. The human factor
  • 3. Errors
  • 4. Violations
  • 5. Negligence, recklessness and blame
  • 6. The standard of care
  • 7. Assessing the standard
  • the role of the expert witness
  • 8. Beyond blame: responding to the needs of the injured.