When We Do Harm
A Doctor Confronts Medical Error
Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2020]
Format: Book
Description: 262 pages ; 24 cm
"Physician and author Danielle Ofri investigates how medical error could be killing 10% of patients and causing 33% of hospital deaths. These stories ask us to reconsider what happens when the medical system does us harm"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Jumbo jets crashing -- A sea of uncertainty -- Making -- or missing -- the diagnosis -- The fever -- Diagnostic thinking -- The descent -- For the record -- The human consequences -- On the clock -- What you see -- I'll see you in court -- Is there a better way? -- Looking for answers -- Bringing along our brains -- The reckoning -- So what's a patient to do? -- Getting it right.
Subjects:
Medical errors -- United States.
Medical care -- United States.
Medical personnel and patient -- United States.
Medical errors -- United States.
Medical care -- United States.
Medical personnel and patient -- United States.
ISBN:
9780807037881
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Treatment Communicate Ofr | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/1/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references and index.