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Oct 20, 2011 · Wall of silence : the untold story of the medical mistakes that kill and injure millions of Americans. by. Gibson, Rosemary, 1956-; Singh, Janardan Prasad, 1960- Publication date. 2003. Topics. Medical errors, Medical care, Hospital patients. Publisher.
May 1, 2003 · The cases reviewed reveals the underlying reasons why such errors occur and more importantly, uncovers the many ways in which the medical profession engages in unethical acts of subterfuge in desperate attempts to keep the dirt well hidden under the rug.
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Mar 6, 2005 · Written by a program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a health economist, this book chronicles real stories of victims of medical mistakes. Written in a popular style and in an advocate's tone, experts may find the analyses of individual errors and discussion of policy implications a bit superficial; the book's major ...
Apr 28, 2003 · Wall of Silence reveals that these medical mistakes are not rare incidents with the occasional bad doctor. In fact, the real-life stories in this book show that medical mistakes are...
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Hospitals that use CRPs take a very different course in approaching medical error: they acknowledge their mistakes. They address the needs of patients and families. And, importantly, they analyze the error so that they can train personnel and prevent the mistake from happening again.
This is the complete story of the breadth and depth of medical mistakes. Gibson puts real names and faces to the countless that suffer and die every day because of ineptitude, poor quality, and lack of management in a system that is badly broken.
In this interview by Les Morgan of Growth house, author Rosemary Gibson discusses how medical mistakes kill 100,000 Americans each year -- equivalent to a 747 plane crash daily. Rosemary explains the most common types of mistake and gives tips on how you can avoid becoming a statistic.
