MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02049cam a22003858i 4500
001 2014023249
003 DLC
005 20140618083107.0
008 140616s2014 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014023249
020 $a9781442231603 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $z9781442231610 (electronic)
035 $a(DNLM)101634842
040 $aDNLM/DLC$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRT50
060 10 $aW 44 AA1
082 00 $a344.0414$223
100 1 $aBrown, Cheryl L.,$d1961- ,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe truth about big medicine :$brighting the wrongs for better health care /$cCheryl L. Brown and John T. James.
263 $a1412
264 1 $aLanham :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2014]
300 $ap. ;$ccm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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?.
650 12 $aMalpractice$zUnited States.
650 22 $aClinical Competence$zUnited States.
650 22 $aLicensure, Medical$xstandards$zUnited States.
650 22 $aMedical Errors$xprevention & control$zUnited States.
650 22 $aPeer Review, Health Care$xstandards$zUnited States.
650 22 $aTruth Disclosure$zUnited States.
700 1 $aJames, John T.,$eauthor.