03421nam 22005774a 450 991081940300332120200520144314.01-58901-230-5(CKB)2670000000040056(EBL)547827(OCoLC)651657353(SSID)ssj0000410889(PQKBManifestationID)11304498(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000410889(PQKBWorkID)10354768(PQKB)11598478(MiAaPQ)EBC547827(MdBmJHUP)muse30294(Au-PeEL)EBL547827(CaPaEBR)ebr10399507(EXLCZ)99267000000004005620040309d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAccountability patient safety and policy reform /Virginia A. Sharpe, editor1st ed.Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Pressc20041 online resource (279 p.)Hastings Center studies in ethicsDescription based upon print version of record.1-58901-023-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-261) and index.Introduction: Accountability and justice in patient safety reform / Virginia A. Sharpe -- Writing/righting wrong / Sandra M. Gilbert -- Life but no limb: the aftermath of medical error / Carol Levine -- In memory of my brother, Mike / Roxanne Goeltz -- Error disclosure for quality improvement: authenticating a team of patients and providers to promote patient safety / Bryan A. Liang -- Prevention of medical error: where professional and organizational ethics meet / Edmund D. Pellegrino -- Medical mistakes and institutional culture / Carol Bayley -- "Missing the mark": medical error, forgiveness, and justice / Nancy Berlinger -- Is there an obligation to disclose near-misses in medical care? / Albert W. Wu -- God, science, and history: the cultural origins of medical error / Kenneth De Ville -- Reputation, malpractice liability, and medical error / William M. Sage -- Ethical misfits: mediation and medical malpractice litigation / Edward A. Dauer -- On selling "no-fault" / David M. Studdert -- Medical errors: pinning the blame versus blaming the system / E. Haavi Morreim.According to a recent Institute of Medicine report, as many as 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of medical error-a figure higher than deaths from automobile accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS. That astounding number of fatalities does not include the number of those serious mistakes that are grievous and damaging but not fatal. Who can forget the tragic case of 17-year-old Jésica Santillán, who died after receiving a heart-lung transplant with an incompatible blood type? What can be done about this? What should be done? How can patients and their families regain a sense of trust in thHastings Center studies in ethics.Medical errorsUnited StatesHealth care reformUnited StatesMedical errorsHealth care reform362.1/0425Sharpe Virginia A(Virginia Ashby),1959-1710599MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819403003321Accountability4101369UNINA