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Internal Bleeding
The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes
by Robert Wachter ; Kaveh G. Shojania
ISBN: 1590710169
ISBN-13: 9781590710166
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
In this medical expose, two doctors who specialize in healthcare issues share horror stories of things that have gone wrong in hospitals, along with responsible analysis and remedies. They discuss a wide range of factors that contribute to medical mistakes, such as pressure by hospitals to cut costs, entrenched ways of of doing things, and overtired and overworked staff. They also tell how patients can be informed consumers, and they suggest practical ways to adequately empower the many dedicated hospital workers. Most importantly, they share new procedures and technologies that-if adopted system-wide-can provide better quality care and save lives.
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"[A] thoughtful analysis of why medical errors happen, with concrete proposals for improving the safety of patients....Most significantly for the reader, [the authors] outline steps that patients can take to protect themselves. Delineates a serious problem and sounds a clear call to action."
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Rugged Land
Published date: 2004
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.65 pounds
Pages: 320
Publisher's Notes
Two doctors and experts in the study of patient safety and hospital quality provide a close-up look at the medical errors that occur in America's overburdened, underinsured, and often unaccountable health-care system, furnishing compelling real-life cases of medical mistakes and suggesting basic procedures and remedies to save lives.
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Internal Bleeding : The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes (signed)
Wachter, Robert M.; & Kaveh G. Shojania
New York:: Rugged Land, 2004 A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (24.95, on rear panel). No chips. No tears. No creases. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked -- probably never read. Illustrated with 8 pages of photos. Endnotes. Index. Bound in the original glossy white boards, lettered in blood red. From the Dust Jacket: "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 -- facts 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." . INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Dr. Wachter.. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. 441pp.. ( more information) Offered by About Books (United States)
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INTERNAL BLEEDING The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes
Wachter, Robert M. , M. D. and Shojania, Kaveh G. , M.d
NY: Ruggedland. F/F 2004. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. White cover w/red lettering. Signed and inscribed by Dr. Wachter on the title page. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; 8vo; 441 pages; Signed by One Author . ( more information) Offered by RS GEER, Inc. (United States)
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