Research Catalog

Title

After harm : medical error and the ethics of forgiveness / Nancy Berlinger.

Author

Berlinger, Nancy.

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Description

xviii, 156 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Medical error is a leading problem of health care in the United States. Each year, more patients die as a result of medical mistakes than are killed by motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS." "While most government and regulatory efforts are directed toward reducing and preventing errors, the actions that should follow the injury or death of a patient are still hotly debated. According to Nancy Berlinger, conversations on patient safety are missing several important components: religious voices, traditions, and models." "In After Harm, Berlinger draws on sources in theology, ethics, religion, and culture to create a practical and comprehensive approach to addressing the needs of patients, families, and clinicians affected by medical error."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Medical errors > Psychological aspects
• Medical Errors > psychology
• Medical errors > Moral and ethical aspects
• Physician-Patient Relations
• Physician and patient
• Ethics
• Medical ethics
• Religion and Medicine
• Forgiveness
• Physicians > Professional ethics
• Medical errors > Religious aspects
• Personal Narrative

Genre/Form

Personal Narrative.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-150).

Contents

1. Narrative ethics -- 2. Physicians' narratives -- 3. Patients' and families' narratives -- 4. Disclosure -- 5. Apology -- 6. Repentance -- 7. Forgiveness -- 8. Ethical action.

ISBN

0801881676 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004028263

OCLC

• ocm57123905
• SCSB-5240723

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries