When Medicine Goes Awry: Case Studies in Medically Caused Suffering and Death

by Juanne Nancarrow Clarke

Book Overview

Medical error often results in disability, pain, and suffering, and it is the third leading cause of death in hospitals. Despite its frequency, medical error has been largely invisible to the mainstream public. Within the medical system itself, medical error is often understood as the result of an isolated case of malpractice.

When Medicine Goes Awry argues that the causes of medical error are not an anomaly but rather the outcome...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487525818
• ISBN13: 9781487525811
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher