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Medical accidents / edited by Charles Vincent, Maeve Ennis, Robert J. Audley.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford medical publicationsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 239 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0192622897
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • R729.8 .M43 1993
Contents:
1. The human factor in medical accidents / James T. Reason -- 2. The study of errors and accidents in medicine / Charles Vincent -- 3. Errors and accidents in obstetrics / James O. Drife -- 4. Errors and accidents in surgery / John H. Scurr -- 5. Errors and accidents in anaesthetics / Michael Wilson -- 6. Selecting and educating safer doctors / Chris McManus, Charles Vincent -- 7. The training of junior doctors / Maeve Ennis -- 8. Would decision analysis eliminate medical accidents? / Jack Dowie -- 9. Stress, psychological problems, and clinical performance / Jenny Firth-Cozens -- 10. Recovering from a medical accident: the consequences for patients and their families / Charles Vincent, Ian H. Robertson -- 11. The effect of accidents and litigation on doctors / Maeve Ennis, J. Gedis Grudzinskas -- 12. Compensation and accountability : the present system / Christopher Orr -- 13. Compensation for medical injury : a review of policy options / Paul Fenn -- 14. Accountability / Arnold Simanowitz -- 15. Safety in medicine / Charles Vincent, Robert J. Audley, Maeve Ennis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. The human factor in medical accidents / James T. Reason -- 2. The study of errors and accidents in medicine / Charles Vincent -- 3. Errors and accidents in obstetrics / James O. Drife -- 4. Errors and accidents in surgery / John H. Scurr -- 5. Errors and accidents in anaesthetics / Michael Wilson -- 6. Selecting and educating safer doctors / Chris McManus, Charles Vincent -- 7. The training of junior doctors / Maeve Ennis -- 8. Would decision analysis eliminate medical accidents? / Jack Dowie -- 9. Stress, psychological problems, and clinical performance / Jenny Firth-Cozens -- 10. Recovering from a medical accident: the consequences for patients and their families / Charles Vincent, Ian H. Robertson -- 11. The effect of accidents and litigation on doctors / Maeve Ennis, J. Gedis Grudzinskas -- 12. Compensation and accountability : the present system / Christopher Orr -- 13. Compensation for medical injury : a review of policy options / Paul Fenn -- 14. Accountability / Arnold Simanowitz -- 15. Safety in medicine / Charles Vincent, Robert J. Audley, Maeve Ennis.