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The incompetent doctor : behind closed doors / Marilynn M. Rosenthal.

Title
The incompetent doctor : behind closed doors / Marilynn M. Rosenthal.
Author
Rosenthal, Marilynn M.
Publication
Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Description
xvii, 167 pages; 22 cm.
Series Statement
State of health series
Uniform Title
State of health series.
Subject
  • Clinical Competence
  • Clinical competence
  • Malpractice
  • Medical care > Quality control
  • Medical errors
  • National health services > Great Britain
  • Peer Review, Health Care
  • Peer review
  • Physicians > Discipline
  • Problem employees
  • Social control
  • United Kingdom
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-158) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Raymond Hoffenberg -- 1. The issues: why they are important -- 2. Making mistakes: how doctors think about this -- 3. Friendly efforts: the informal mechanisms -- 4. Frustration mounts: requiring 'the skill of a politician and the tact of a diplomat' -- 5. Behind closed doors: how effective are the informal mechanisms? -- 6. Empirical research on medical mishaps and mistakes: challenges to professional norms -- 7. Coming changes: will they make a difference?
ISBN
  • 0335191096 (pbk.) :
  • 033519110X (hb) :
LCCN
94036859
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries