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Errors, Medicine and the Law (Record no. 98093)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0521000882
080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Universal Decimal Classification number W44 MER
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Merry, A
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Errors, Medicine and the Law
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Cambridge
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cambridge University Press
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 254
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Monograph
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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 contributed to 98,000 deaths per year in the US. Some of these incidents are the result of negligence on the part of doctors, but more usually they are no more than inevitable concomitants of the complexity of modern healthcare. This book is fundamentally about distinguishing the former from the latter. Although medicine is used as the book's primary example, the points made apply equally to aviation, industrial activities, and many other fields of human endeavour. The book advocates a more informed alternative to the blaming culture which has increasingly come to dominate our response to accidents, whether in the medical field or elsewhere.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medical law
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medical Erros
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Malpractice
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name McCall Smith, A
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        Hillingdon Hospitals Library Services (Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation) Hillingdon Hospitals Library Services (Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation) Shelves 15/01/2024   W44 MER HIL000452 15/01/2024 15/01/2024 Book
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