Description: When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error Author: Dr. Danielle Ofri MD Title: When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error Publication: Beacon Press, 2020 Description: Hardcover. New hardcover in like DJ. Three quarts paper on boards with cloth spine with silver lettering. Contains author's notes and an index. 304 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New / New. Medical mistakes are more pervasive than we think. How can we improve outcomes? An acclaimed MD's rich stories and research explore patient safety. Patients enter the medical system with faith that they will receive the best care possible, so when things go wrong, it's a profound and painful breach. Medical science has made enormous strides in decreasing mortality and suffering, but there's no doubt that treatment can also cause harm, a significant portion of which is preventable. In When We Do Harm, practicing physician and acclaimed author Danielle Ofri places the issues of medical error and patient safety front and center in our national healthcare conversation. Drawing on current research, professional experience, and extensive interviews with nurses, physicians, administrators, researchers, patients, and families, Dr. Ofri explores the diagnostic, systemic, and cognitive causes of medical error. She advocates for strategic use of concrete safety interventions such as checklists and improvements to the electronic medical record, but focuses on the full-scale cultural and cognitive shifts required to make a meaningful dent in medical error. Woven throughout the book are the powerfully human stories that Dr. Ofri is renowned for. The errors she dissects range from the hardly noticeable missteps to the harrowing medical cataclysms. While our healthcare system is--and always will be--imperfect, Dr. Ofri argues that it is possible to minimize preventable harms, and that this should be the galvanizing issue of current medical discourse. Seller ID: 2102 Subject: Medicine, Psychology The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 18.95 USD
Location: Urbandale, Iowa
End Time: 2024-11-20T20:26:06.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.5 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Author: Dr. Danielle Ofri MD
Publisher: Beacon Press
Year Printed: 2020
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English