Wachter Md Robert M (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition glossy white boards with red front cover and spine lettering contained in a fine condition illustrated dust jacket. Includes More Advance Praise for Internal Bleeding; Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Florence Nightingale, Notes on Hospitals, 1859; Closing Thoughts; Bibliography; Appendix I: List of the Seventeen Individual Errors in the Wrong Patient Case; Appendix II: Dangerous Abbreviations Used in Prescribing; Appendix III: Examples of Easily Confused Sound-Alike or Look-Alike Drugs; Appendix IV: Questions You May Want to Ask Your Hospital, Medical Group, or Doctor, Along With Some Comments by the Authors; Endnotes; Index and Acknowledgments. The lower page edge contains a small pencil eraser size remainder mark (see photographs). "Imagine an epidemic that kills over one hundred Americans every day. Now stop imagining. Each year doctors and nurses kill nearly one hundred thousand Americans. By mistake. They operate on the wrong patients, prescribe the wrong drugs, and leave instruments inside body cavities after surgery. Meanwhile, hospitals spend billions on new gadgets, marble lobbies, and slick billboards, even as safety continues to be ignored. Until now. Internal Bleeding exposes the dark secrets behind the glistening facade of modern medicine. Doctors Robert Wachter and Kaveh Shojania, professors at one of America's leading medical schools and two of the world's foremost authorities on medical mistakes, shatter the silence to tell the dramatic and compelling stories of real patients betrayed by a system they trusted to save them. Through these stories, the authors reveal the inner workings, gut-wrenching dilemmas, and heartbreaking tragedies of our overburdened, understaffed health care system. Internal Bleeding provides an insider's view of how professional caregivers think, feel, and operate - insights that every patient and family must know to avoid becoming just another "mistake." In the groundbreaking tradition of Fast Food Nation, Internal Bleeding paints a vivid and unforgettable picture of a system gone terribly wrong, and what doctors, nurses, hospital CEOs, and policy makers must do to make it right." - from the inner front jacket flap.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 456 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.