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245 10 a| Internal bleeding :b| the truth behind America's terrifying epidemic of medical mistakes /c| Robert M. Wachter, Kaveh G. Shojania.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

300 a| 441 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-428) and index.;

505 0 a| A New Epidemic -- The System -- The Wrong Patient -- It's The System, Stupid -- Jumbo Jets Crashing -- The Errors of Our Way -- Doctors' Handwriting and Other Prescribing Errors -- The Forgotten Half of Medication Errors -- Solving the Riddle -- Of Life and Limb -- Did We Forget Something? -- Practice Makes Perfect -- Handoffs and Fumbles -- See One, Do One, Teach One -- Hubris and Teamwork -- The Other End of the Stethoscope -- Consequences -- Spilling the Beans -- Whether Reports? -- Malpractice -- Accountability -- Cures -- Attacking a New Disease -- What Can Policymakers Do? -- A Culture of Safety -- A system of Safety -- What Can Patients Do? -- List of the Seventeen Individual Errors in the Wrong Patient Case -- Dangerous Abbreviations Used in Prescribing -- Examples of Easily Confused Sound-Alike or Look-Alike Drugs.;

520 a| 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.;

500 a| Jacket designed by Timothy Hsu--AIGA Design Archives.;

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Internal bleeding : the truth behind America's terrifying epidemic of medical mistakes / Robert M. Wachter, Kaveh G. Shojania.

Author/creator	Wachter, Robert M.
Other author	Shojania, Kaveh G.
Other author	Hsu, Timothy, bookjacket designer.
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York City, NY : Rugged Land, ©2004.
Description	441 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Medical errors. Medical care--United States. Health Facility Administration Medical Errors United States.

Contents	A New Epidemic -- The System -- The Wrong Patient -- It's The System, Stupid -- Jumbo Jets Crashing -- The Errors of Our Way -- Doctors' Handwriting and Other Prescribing Errors -- The Forgotten Half of Medication Errors -- Solving the Riddle -- Of Life and Limb -- Did We Forget Something? -- Practice Makes Perfect -- Handoffs and Fumbles -- See One, Do One, Teach One -- Hubris and Teamwork -- The Other End of the Stethoscope -- Consequences -- Spilling the Beans -- Whether Reports? -- Malpractice -- Accountability -- Cures -- Attacking a New Disease -- What Can Policymakers Do? -- A Culture of Safety -- A system of Safety -- What Can Patients Do? -- List of the Seventeen Individual Errors in the Wrong Patient Case -- Dangerous Abbreviations Used in Prescribing -- Examples of Easily Confused Sound-Alike or Look-Alike Drugs.
Abstract	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.
General note	Jacket designed by Timothy Hsu--AIGA Design Archives.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-428) and index.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- Carl Dover, donor.
Issued in other form	Online version: Wachter, Robert M. Internal bleeding. 1st ed. New York City, NY : Rugged Land, ©2004
Issued in other form	Online version: Wachter, Robert M. Internal bleeding. 1st ed. New York City, NY : Rugged Land, ©2004
Genre/form	Case studies.
LCCN	2003114047
ISBN	1590710169
ISBN	9781590710166
Stock number	QBI

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