Merry and McCall Smith's Errors, Medicine and the Law 2nd Edition

Medical Law

Merry and McCall Smith's Errors, Medicine and the Law 2nd Edition

Edited by Alan Merry · Warren Brookbanks
Cambridge University Press April 2017

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ISBN-13
9781316632253
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
April 2017
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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There is an understandable tendency or desire to attribute blame when patients are harmed by their own healthcare. However, many cases of iatrogenic harm involve little or no moral culpability. Even when blame is justified, an undue focus on one individual often deflects attention from other important factors within the inherent complexity of modern healthcare.

This revised second edition advocates a rethinking of accountability in healthcare based on science, the principles of a just culture, and novel therapeutic legal processes. Updated to include many recent relevant events, including the Keystone Project in the USA and the Mid Staffordshire scandal in the UK, this book considers how the concepts of a just culture have been successfully implemented so far, and makes recommendations for best practice.

This book will be of interest to anyone concerned with patient safety, medical law and the regulation of healthcare.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgement
Introduction
1. Accidents
2. The human factor
3. Errors
4. Violations
5. Negligence, recklessness and blame
6. The standard of care
7. Assessing the standard - the role of the expert witness
8. Beyond blame: responding to the needs of the injured
9. The place of the criminal law in healthcare
10. Rethinking accountability in healthcare
Conclusion
Index.
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