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Medical Error and Harm

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Medical Error and Harm

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Medical Error and Harm book

Understanding, Prevention, and Control

Medical Error and Harm

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Medical Error and Harm book

Understanding, Prevention, and Control
ByMilos Jenicek
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2010
eBook Published 8 September 2010
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Productivity Press
DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781439836958
Pages 384
eBook ISBN 9780429246500
Subjects Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Engineering & Technology, Law
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Jenicek, M. (2010). Medical Error and Harm: Understanding, Prevention, and Control (1st ed.). Productivity Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781439836958

ABSTRACT

Recent debate over healthcare and its spiraling costs has brought medical error into the spotlight as an indicator of everything that is ineffective, inhumane, and wasteful about modern medicine. But while the tendency is to blame it all on human error, it is a much more complex problem that involves overburdened systems, constantly changing techno

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|14 pages

Putting Medical Error in Context: Minimizing Errors in Medicine—Beyond the “Oops!” Factor

chapter 2|42 pages

The Valued Legacy of Error and Harm in General: Error and Harm across General Human Experience in Nonmedical Domains—Welcome to Lathology

chapter 3|36 pages

Error and Harm in Health Sciences: Defining and Classifying Human Error and Its Consequences in Clinical and Community Settings

chapter 4|34 pages

Describing Medical Error and Harm: Their Occurrence and Nature in Clinical and Community Settings

chapter 5|40 pages

Analyzing Medical Error and Harm: Searching for Their Causes and Consequences

chapter 6|36 pages

Flaws in Operator Reasoning and Decision Making Underlying Medical Error and Harm

chapter 7|28 pages

Prevention, Intervention, and Control of Medical Error and Harm: Clinical Epidemiological Considerations of Actions and Their Evaluation

chapter 8|48 pages

Taking Medical Error and Harm to Court: Contributions and Expectations of Physicians in Tort Litigation and Legal Decision Making

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