When Medicine Goes Awry : Case Studies in Medically Caused Suffering and Death / Juanne Nancarrow Clarke.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Clarke, Juanne N. (Juanne Nancarrow), 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Medical errors.
• Medical errors--Prevention.
• Social medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2022]

Summary:

Examining high profile case studies of medically caused suffering and death, When Medicine Goes Awry critiques the present functioning of the medical care system and the pharmaceutical industry.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Case Studies, Part 1: Focusing on the Patient Victim of Medical Error
• 1 Brian Sinclair: Waiting and Waiting until Dying in the Emergency Room
• 2 Ashley Smith: The (Mis)Treatment and Death of an Incarcerated and Troubled Youth
• 3 Vanessa Young and Marit McKenzie: The Potential Harm of Prescribed Drugs
• 4 Amy Tan: Lyme Disease and the Battle for Legitimacy
• Case Studies, Part 2: Focusing on the Health Care Provider Causing Medical Error
• 5 Dr. Charles Smith: The Case against Blaming the Individual Doctor for Medical Error
• 6 Elizabeth Wettlaufer: The Nurse Who Murdered Her Long-Term Care Patients While No One Noticed
• 7 Dr. Norman Barwin: The Story of the Mixed-Up Sperm
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Index

Notes:

• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
• Description based on print version record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Clarke, Juanne Nancarrow When Medicine Goes Awry

ISBN:

• 1-4875-3807-3
• 1-4875-3806-5

OCLC:

1285684749