Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them

by Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon

Book Overview

A primary care doctor is skeptical of his patient's concerns. A hospital nurse or intern is unaware of a drug's potential side effects. A physician makes the most "common" diagnosis while overlooking the signs of a rarer and more serious illness, and the patient doesn't see the necessary specialist until it's too late. A pharmacist dispenses the wrong drug and a patient dies as a result.

Sadly, these kinds of mistakes happen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307460924
• ISBN13: 9780307460929
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.0"