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Examining high profile case studies of medically caused suffering and death, When Medicine Goes Awry critiques the present functioning of the medical care system and the pharmaceutical industry.

Table of Contents
Preface 1. Introduction Section 1: Case Studies Focusing on the Patient Victim of Medical Error 2. Brian Sinclair: Waiting and Waiting Until Dying in the Emergency Room 3. Ashley Smith: The (Mis)Treatment and Death of an Incarcerated and Troubled Youth 4. Vanessa Young and Marit McKenzie: The Potential Harm of Prescribed Drugs 5. Amy Tan: Lyme Disease and the Battle for Legitimacy Section 2: Case Studies Focusing on the Health Care Provider Causing Medical Error 6. Dr. Charles Smith: The Case Against Blaming the Individual Doctor for Medical Error 7. Elizabeth Wettlaufer: The Nurse Who Murdered Her Long-term Care Patients While No One Noticed 8. Norman Barwin: The Story of Dr. Norman Barwin and the Mixed-up Sperm 9. Conclusion

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: 15/02/2022
      ISBN13: 9781487508357, 978-1487508357
      ISBN10: 1487508352
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examining high profile case studies of medically caused suffering and death, When Medicine Goes Awry critiques the present functioning of the medical care system and the pharmaceutical industry.

      Table of Contents
      Preface 1. Introduction Section 1: Case Studies Focusing on the Patient Victim of Medical Error 2. Brian Sinclair: Waiting and Waiting Until Dying in the Emergency Room 3. Ashley Smith: The (Mis)Treatment and Death of an Incarcerated and Troubled Youth 4. Vanessa Young and Marit McKenzie: The Potential Harm of Prescribed Drugs 5. Amy Tan: Lyme Disease and the Battle for Legitimacy Section 2: Case Studies Focusing on the Health Care Provider Causing Medical Error 6. Dr. Charles Smith: The Case Against Blaming the Individual Doctor for Medical Error 7. Elizabeth Wettlaufer: The Nurse Who Murdered Her Long-term Care Patients While No One Noticed 8. Norman Barwin: The Story of Dr. Norman Barwin and the Mixed-up Sperm 9. Conclusion

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