The truth about big medicine : righting the wrongs for better health care /
Brown, Cheryl L., 1961-
The truth about big medicine : righting the wrongs for better health care / Cheryl L. Brown and John T. James. - xxii, 233 pages : ill. (graphs) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the empowered patient -- The failure of state medical boards to protect the public -- Secrets of the National Practitioner Data Bank and the failure of medical licensing boards, hospitals, and the legal system to protect the public from dangerous physicians -- Failure and successes of physician peer and performance review -- Dangerous medical devices -- A contemporary review of healthcare associated infections -- Oversight of physician offices : Dr. Welby or Dr. Applebee? -- Prescription drugs : to heal and to harm -- After the harm : apology, disclosure, and trust -- The consumer advocates who kicked the hospital-infection nest -- Medical guidelines and informed consent : routes to safer medical care -- Medical imaging : does it help?
9781442231603 (cloth : alk. paper) 1442231602 (cloth : alk. paper)
2014023249
Malpractice--United States.
Clinical Competence--United States.
Licensure, Medical--standards--United States.
Medical Errors--prevention & control--United States.
Peer Review, Health Care--standards--United States.
Truth Disclosure--United States.
RT50
344.0414
W 44 AA1
The truth about big medicine : righting the wrongs for better health care / Cheryl L. Brown and John T. James. - xxii, 233 pages : ill. (graphs) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the empowered patient -- The failure of state medical boards to protect the public -- Secrets of the National Practitioner Data Bank and the failure of medical licensing boards, hospitals, and the legal system to protect the public from dangerous physicians -- Failure and successes of physician peer and performance review -- Dangerous medical devices -- A contemporary review of healthcare associated infections -- Oversight of physician offices : Dr. Welby or Dr. Applebee? -- Prescription drugs : to heal and to harm -- After the harm : apology, disclosure, and trust -- The consumer advocates who kicked the hospital-infection nest -- Medical guidelines and informed consent : routes to safer medical care -- Medical imaging : does it help?
9781442231603 (cloth : alk. paper) 1442231602 (cloth : alk. paper)
2014023249
Malpractice--United States.
Clinical Competence--United States.
Licensure, Medical--standards--United States.
Medical Errors--prevention & control--United States.
Peer Review, Health Care--standards--United States.
Truth Disclosure--United States.
RT50
344.0414
W 44 AA1