Medical Nightmares: The Human Face of Errors

By Susan B. McIver

"This is Chris. He's 18 months old. There is something Awfully wrong with his head, and no one will pay attention to me," I said as I sat my son down on the admitting counter in the emergency room of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894601025
• ISBN13: 9781894601023
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Chestnut Publishing Group
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Speaking from personal experience

My Mother was the subject of one of the profiles in Dr. McIver's book. Rest assured the author went to great lengths to verify the accuracy of material submitted to her for this book. Upon reading the completed work, I was very disturbed to discover that experiences like my Mother's are all too common; far more common than the public at large realizes. Dr. McIver was speaking out for patients and their families because far too much secrecy prevails regarding errors in the medical profession at present. I feel this is book is worthwhile reading for all, including individuals in the medical profession or those training to enter it.

Scary stuff

One of my teachers suggested reading this book for a class about communicating and health care. The stories in this book are chilling, especially when one realizes that much of the suffering could have been avoided had more effective communication techniques been utilized. I think all nursing students should read this book at some point in their education.