TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Cheryl L.
AU  - James,John T.
TI  - The truth about big medicine: righting the wrongs for better health care 
SN  - 9781442231603 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - RT50 
U1  - 344.0414 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield
KW  - Malpractice
KW  - United States
KW  - Clinical Competence
KW  - Licensure, Medical
KW  - standards
KW  - Medical Errors
KW  - prevention & control
KW  - Peer Review, Health Care
KW  - Truth Disclosure
N1  - 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?
ER  -