Brown, Cheryl L.,  1961- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442231603 (cloth : alk. paper) 1442231602 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014023249 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Malpractice--United States.<br/>Clinical Competence--United States.<br/>Licensure, Medical--standards--United States.<br/>Medical Errors--prevention & control--United States.<br/>Peer Review, Health Care--standards--United States.<br/>Truth Disclosure--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT50 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>344.0414 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>W 44 AA1