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Merry and McCall Smith´s Errors, Medicine and the Law
Alan Merry
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Description for Merry and McCall Smith´s Errors, Medicine and the Law
hardcover. Errors and violations harm many patients: this book explores how to improve both accountability and patient safety in healthcare. Series: Cambridge Bioethics and Law. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: LNTM. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
There is an understandable tendency or desire to attribute blame when patients are harmed by their own healthcare. However, many cases of iatrogenic harm involve little or no moral culpability. Even when blame is justified, an undue focus on one individual often deflects attention from other important factors within the inherent complexity of modern healthcare. This revised second edition advocates a rethinking of accountability in healthcare based on science, the principles of a just culture, and novel therapeutic legal processes. Updated to include many recent relevant events, including the Keystone Project in the USA and the Mid Staffordshire scandal in ... Read more
There is an understandable tendency or desire to attribute blame when patients are harmed by their own healthcare. However, many cases of iatrogenic harm involve little or no moral culpability. Even when blame is justified, an undue focus on one individual often deflects attention from other important factors within the inherent complexity of modern healthcare. This revised second edition advocates a rethinking of accountability in healthcare based on science, the principles of a just culture, and novel therapeutic legal processes. Updated to include many recent relevant events, including the Keystone Project in the USA and the Mid Staffordshire scandal in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Bioethics and Law
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107180499
SKU
V9781107180499
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Ref
99-14
About Alan Merry
Alan Merry practices in anaesthesia and chronic pain management at Auckland City Hospital, and is Head of the School of Medicine at the University of Auckland, Chair of the Board of the New Zealand Health Quality and Safety Commission and a board member of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists and the Lifebox Foundation. His research and publications reflect ... Read more
Reviews for Merry and McCall Smith´s Errors, Medicine and the Law
'The authors propose a novel approach based upon the principles of a just culture and therapeutic jurisprudence, with a strong movement away from blame and toward transparency, learning, and accountability. In doing so, they have produced a well-argued, erudite, and readable treatise that stands in the very first rank. This is a book that is to be strongly recommended. It ... Read more