After Harm

by Nancy Berlinger

Book Overview

States the author, "Each year up to 98,000 patients die as a result of medical] mistakes, more than are killed by motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS." Her book looks at what should happen after the damage--the injury or death of a patient--has occurred. Berlinger brings to bear on the issues the perspectives of Christian (and some Jewish) social ethics. Her focus is on the physical, financial, psychological, and spiritual needs of patients...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801887690
• ISBN13: 9780801887697
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"