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• Title:After harm : medical error and the ethics of forgiveness / Nancy Berlinger.
  
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• Author/Creator:Berlinger, Nancy.
  
• Published/Created:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB60 .B47 2005
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical errors--Moral and ethical aspects.
  Medical errors--Psychological aspects.
  Medical errors--Religious aspects.
  Physicians--Professional ethics.
  Physician and patient.
  Medical ethics.
  Forgiveness.
  
• Medical Subjects: Medical Errors--psychology.
  Ethics.
  Physician-Patient Relations.
  Religion and Medicine.
  
• Genre/Form:Personal narratives.
  
• 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."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-150).
  
• ISBN:0801881676 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
  9780801881671 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Narrative ethics
  Physicians' narratives
  Patients' and families' narratives
  Disclosure
  Apology
  Repentance
  Forgiveness
  Ethical action.