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The truth about big medicine : righting the wrongs for better health care / [edited by] Cheryl L. Brown and John T. James

Published
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Physical Description
xxii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Brown, Cheryl L., 1961- and James, John T.

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Contents
Introduction : the empowered patient -- The failure of state medical boards to protect the public -- Secrets of the National Practitioner Data Bank and the failure of medical licensing boards, hospitals, and the legal system to protect the public from dangerous physicians -- Failure and successes of physician peer and performance review -- Dangerous medical devices -- A contemporary review of healthcare associated infections -- Oversight of physician offices : Dr. Welby or Dr. Applebee? -- Prescription drugs : to heal and to harm -- After the harm : apology, disclosure, and trust -- The consumer advocates who kicked the hospital-infection nest -- Medical guidelines and informed consent : routes to safer medical care -- Medical imaging : does it help?
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ISBN
9781442231603 cloth : alk. paper
1442231602 cloth : alk. paper
9781442231610 electronic
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Highmark Blue Shield Education Fund; 2014.
Endowment Note
Highmark Blue Shield Education Fund
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