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Author:

Ofri, Danielle, author.

Title:

When we do harm : a doctor confronts medical error / Danielle Ofri.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

262 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Medical errors--United States.
Medical care--United States.
Medical personnel and patient--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Jumbo jets crashing -- A sea of uncertainty -- Making--or missing--the diagnosis -- The fever -- Diagnostic thinking -- The descent -- For the record -- The human consequences -- On the clock -- What you see -- I'll see you in court -- Is there a better way? -- Looking for answers -- Bringing along our brains -- The reckoning -- So what's a patient to do? -- Getting it right.

Summary:

"Physician and author Danielle Ofri investigates how medical error could be killing 10% of patients and causing 33% of hospital deaths. These stories ask us to reconsider what happens when the medical system does us harm"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0807037885
9780807037881 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2019051595

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)