After Harm: Medical Error And The Ethics Of Forgiveness - Couverture rigide

Berlinger, Nancy

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ISBN 10 : 0801881676 ISBN 13 : 9780801881671

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Medical error is a leading problem of health care in the United States. Each year, more patients die as a result of medical mistakes than are killed by motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS.

While most government and regulatory efforts are directed toward reducing and preventing errors, the actions that should follow the injury or death of a patient are still hotly debated. According to Nancy Berlinger, conversations on patient safety are missing several important components: religious voices, traditions, and models.

In After Harm, Berlinger draws on sources in theology, ethics, religion, and culture to create a practical and comprehensive approach to addressing the needs of patients, families, and clinicians affected by medical error. She emphasizes the importance of acknowledging fallibility, telling the truth, confronting feelings of guilt and shame, and providing just compensation. After Harm adds important human dimensions to an issue that has profound consequences for patients and health care providers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nancy Berlinger is the deputy director and associate for religious studies at the Hastings Center.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801881676
• ISBN 13: 9780801881671
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
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