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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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge-Cavendish,
©2007.
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| Series: | Biomedical law and ethics library.
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Table of Contents:
- Data, accuracy, compensation and error : what should we believe?
- For the increase in claims : who is to blame?
- The compensation culture in healthcare : myth or reality?
- Perpetuating the myth : should we blame the media?
- Doctors : over-paid, out of control and under-regulated?
- Treating the affliction : are there any remedies?