LEADER 03457nam 22005774a 450 001 9910460215503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-58901-230-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000040056 035 $a(EBL)547827 035 $a(OCoLC)651657353 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000410889 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304498 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000410889 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10354768 035 $a(PQKB)11598478 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547827 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30294 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547827 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10399507 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000040056 100 $a20040309d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAccountability$b[electronic resource] $epatient safety and policy reform /$fVirginia A. Sharpe, editor 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cGeorgetown University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 1 $aHastings Center studies in ethics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58901-023-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-261) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aAccording to a recent Institute of Medicine report, as many as 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of medical error-a figure higher than deaths from automobile accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS. That astounding number of fatalities does not include the number of those serious mistakes that are grievous and damaging but not fatal. Who can forget the tragic case of 17-year-old Je?sica Santilla?n, who died after receiving a heart-lung transplant with an incompatible blood type? What can be done about this? What should be done? How can patients and their families regain a sense of trust in th 410 0$aHastings Center studies in ethics. 606 $aMedical errors$zUnited States 606 $aHealth care reform$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMedical errors 615 0$aHealth care reform 676 $a362.1/0425 701 $aSharpe$b Virginia A$g(Virginia Ashby),$f1959-$0903533 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460215503321 996 $aAccountability$92019823 997 $aUNINA