The Unity of Mistakes: A Phenomenological Interpretation of Medical Work

by Marianne A. Paget

Book Overview

Long considered a classic on the nature of medical mistakes, Marianne Paget's The Unity of Mistakes is now available to a new generation of readers. Paget -- who herself died from a medical error -- argues that mistakes are an intrinsic part of the clinical process. Encompassing a much wider range of error than the terms "malpractice," "incompetence," or "negligence" denote, The Unity of Mistakes takes an existential view of medical work in which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877225338
• ISBN13: 9780877225331
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.8"