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

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ISBN: 1590710738
ISBN: 9781590710739
Physical Description: 456 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: New York City, NY : Rugged Land, 2005.

General Note:	"Updated; new afterword by authors"--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-444).
Formatted Contents Note:	The wrong patient -- It's the system, stupid -- Jumbo jets crashing -- 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 -- Spilling the beans -- Whether reports? -- Malpractice -- Accountability -- Attacking a new disease -- What can policymakers do? -- A culture of safety -- A system of safety -- What can patients do? -- Appendix 1: List of the seventeen individual errors in the wrong patient case -- Appendix II: Dangerous abbreviations used in prescribing -- Appendix III: Examples of easily confused sound-alike or look-alike drugs -- Appendix IV: Questions you may want to ask your hospital, medical group, or doctor, along with some comments by the authors.