Accountability: Patient Safety and Policy Reform
(Part of the Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series)
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According to a recent Institute of Medicine report, as many as 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of medical error-a figure higher than deaths from automobile accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS. That astounding number of fatalities does not include the number of those serious mistakes that are grievous and damaging but not fatal. Who can forget the tragic case of 17-year-old J sica Santill n, who died after receiving a heart-lung transplant...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:158901023X
ISBN13:9781589010239
Release Date:September 2004
Publisher:Georgetown University Press
Length:276 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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