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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456573103321

Autore

Berlinger Nancy

Titolo

After harm [[electronic resource] ] : medical error and the ethics of forgiveness / / Nancy Berlinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, MD, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8018-9584-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Medical errors - Moral and ethical aspects

Medical errors - Psychological aspects

Medical errors - Religious aspects

Physicians - Professional ethics

Physician and patient

Medical ethics

Forgiveness

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p.[139]-150) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Narrative ethics -- Physicians' narratives -- Patients' and families' narratives -- Disclosure -- Apology -- Repentance -- Forgiveness -- Ethical action.