Accountability [[electronic resource] ] : patient safety and policy reform / / Virginia A. Sharpe, editor

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/0425
• Soggetto topico: Medical errors - United States; Health care reform - United States
• Altri autori: SharpeVirginia A <1959-> (Virginia Ashby)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-261) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 th
• Titolo autorizzato: Accountability
• ISBN: 1-58901-230-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785016003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hastings Center studies in ethics.