Medicine, malpractice and misapprehensions [electronic resource] / Vivienne Harpwood.

There is now incontrovertible evidence that medical mistakes and mishaps occur in significant numbers every year.€This book examines the uncertainty and some of the myths surrounding errors and claims in healthcare, and€places the arguments surrounding the so-called compensation culture on a stronge...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Harpwood, Vivienne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge-Cavendish, ©2007.
Series:Biomedical law and ethics library.
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Summary:There is now incontrovertible evidence that medical mistakes and mishaps occur in significant numbers every year.€This book examines the uncertainty and some of the myths surrounding errors and claims in healthcare, and€places the arguments surrounding the so-called compensation culture on a stronger statistical, and hence epistemological basis.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780203940457
0203940458