When Medicine Goes Awry : Case Studies in Medically Caused Suffering and Death
Record details
- ISBN: 9781487538064
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 p.) : 1 b&w figure, 1 b&w table
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Computer data. - Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 |
Restrictions on Access Note: | restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted through purchase. |
Language Note: | In English. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by publisher. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) |