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020 _a9780511527029 (ebook)
020 _z9780521571333 (hardback)
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_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aRC90
_b.S46 1998
082 0 0 _a615.5
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100 1 _aSharpe, Virginia A.
_q(Virginia Ashby),
_d1959-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMedical harm :
_bhistorical, conceptual, and ethical dimensions of iatrogenic illness /
_cVirginia A. Sharpe, Alan I. Faden.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1998.
300 _a1 online resource (xi, 280 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aIt is estimated that up to thirteen percent of hospital admissions result from the adverse effects of diagnosis or treatment, and that almost seventy percent of iatrogenic complications are preventable. The obligation to 'do no harm' has been central to medical conduct since ancient times, yet iatrogenic illness has now come to be recognized as a significant risk factor in health care delivery. This book integrates history, philosophy, medical ethics and empirical data to examine the concept and phenomenon of medical harm. Issues covered include appropriateness of care, acceptable risk and practitioner accountability, and the book concludes with recommendations for limiting iatrogenic harm. Essential reading for medical ethicists, physicians and those involved in health care policy and administration, this stimulating and highly readable book will be of interest to all providers of health care, and many of their patients.
650 0 _aIatrogenic diseases.
650 0 _aSurgery, Unnecessary.
650 0 _aDrugs
_xSide effects.
700 1 _aFaden, A. I.,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521571333
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511527029
999 _c520383
_d520381