Wall of Silence: The Untold Story of the Medical Mistakes That Kill and Injure Millions of AmericansRegnery Publishing, 28 apr 2003 - 256 pagina's Medical mistakes occur with alarming frequency in this country. Nightly newscasts and daily newspapers tell of botched surgeries, mistaken patient identities, careless overdoses, and neglected diagnoses. You may have dismissed these stories as unfortunate mistakes, misunderstandings, or just isolated incidents with the occasional bad doctor. Wall of Silence reveals that these medical mistakes are not rare incidents with the occasional bad doctor. In fact, the real-life stories in this book show that medical mistakes are increasing in frequency—and worse, that the system is designed more to cover up these errors than prevent them. |
Inhoudsopgave
Shattering Losses | 3 |
The Human Face of Medical Mistakes | 15 |
A Million Deaths a Decade | 41 |
What Is a Medical Mistake? | 59 |
Breeding Grounds for Error | 77 |
A Nurse Saved My Life | 99 |
Death by Decimal | 117 |
A Culture of Coverup | 135 |
Dont Ask Dont Tell | 155 |
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Wall of Silence: The Untold Story of the Medical Mistakes That Kill and ... Rosemary Gibson,Janardan Prasad Singh Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2003 |
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