Talking with Patients and Families about Medical Error – A Guide for Education and Practice - Hardcover

Truog, Robert D; Browning, David M; Johnson, Judith A; Gallagher, Thomas H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801898048 ISBN 13: 9780801898044

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Illuminating the experiences of those affected by medical error - patients, their loved ones, and physicians and other medical professionals, this title delves into the challenges of communicating honestly and openly about mistakes in medical practice.

About this title

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"Professional health collections will consider this essential."

(Midwest Book Review)

"Recommended."

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About the Author:

Robert D. Truog, M.D., is a professor of medical ethics, anaesthesiology, and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a senior associate in Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston. David M. Browning, M.S.W., B.C.D., F.T., is a senior scholar at the Institute for Professionalism and Ethical Practice at Children's Hospital Boston and a lecturer at Harvard Medical School. Judith A. Johnson, J.D., is an attorney, a clinical ethicist at Children's Hospital Boston, and a lecturer at Harvard Medical School. Thomas H. Gallagher, M.D., is a general internist and an associate professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Research and practical application of the guidelines outlined in Talking with Patients and Families about Medical Error was funded primarily by CRICO, the medical malpractice insurer for the Harvard Medical Institutions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0801898048
• ISBN 13: 9780801898044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192