Bibliograph

When we do harm, a doctor confronts medical error, Danielle Ofri

Type

Label

When we do harm, a doctor confronts medical error, Danielle Ofri

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When we do harm

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1112386289

Responsibility statement

Danielle Ofri

Sub title

a doctor confronts medical error

Summary

"Physician and author Danielle Ofri investigates how medical error could be killing 10% of patients and causing 33% of hospital deaths. These stories ask us to reconsider what happens when the medical system does us harm"--, Provided by publisherMedical science has made enormous strides in decreasing mortality and suffering, but there is no doubt that treatment can also sometimes cause harm. Ofri places the issues of medical error and patient safety front and center in our national healthcare conversation. She explores the diagnostic, systemic, and cognitive causes of medical error., and advocates for strategic use of concrete safety interventions such as checklists and improvements to the electronic medical record, while focusing focuses on the full-scale cultural and cognitive shifts required to make a meaningful dent in medical error. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Jumbo jets crashing -- A sea of uncertainty -- Making -- or missing -- the diagnosis -- The fever -- Diagnostic thinking -- The descent -- For the record -- The human consequences -- On the clock -- What you see -- I'll see you in court -- Is there a better way? -- Looking for answers -- Bringing along our brains -- The reckoning -- So what's a patient to do? -- Getting it right

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