| Description |
1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. The Problem of Iatrogenic Injury -- 2. Nightmare in Dallas-The Ebola Case: A Medical Error Paradigm -- 3. IOM and Public Disclosure of the Error Problem-To Err Is Human -- 4. Injury Incidence: The Scope of the Problem -- 5. The Medical Malpractice Litigation System -- 6. Meditations on Medical Torts -- 7. Defensive Medicine: A Response to the Legal Response? -- 8. Error Reporting: A Flawed Panacea -- 9. Legal Innovations to Promote Patient Safety-An Introduction -- 10. Incentives-Good, Bad, and Perverse -- 11. Systems, Errors, and Responsibility-It's the System's Fault! -- 12. Regulation and Engaged Surveillance -- 13. Information Technology -- Epilogue: The Path Forward |
| Summary |
Closing Death's Door brings the psychology of decision making together with the law to explore ways to improve patient safety and reduce iatrogenic injury - the cause of as many as 400,000 US deaths every year - in a world where neither the healthcare industry itself nor the legal system has made a serious dent in the problem |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from caption (Oxford scholarship online, viewed April 5, 2022) |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- United States
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Medical errors -- United States -- Prevention
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Medical care -- Law and legislation
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Medical errors -- Prevention
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Medical personnel -- Malpractice
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Landsman, Stephan, author.
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| ISBN |
9780190667993 |
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0190667990 |
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9780197519974 |
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0197519970 |
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9780190668006 |
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0190668008 |
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