Necessary Scars
eBook - ePub

Necessary Scars

A Doctor's Life in Error

  1. 159 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Necessary Scars

A Doctor's Life in Error

About this book

Whether you are a doctor, nurse, student, or otherwise interested reader, the stories here will help you to understand how medicine works and how medical error can happen. The lifelong process of learning that is a medical career requires healthcare workers to find a way to live through these setbacks without either becoming too adept at putting them 'down to experience' and forgetting their social significance, or 'burning out' and leaving medicine.

The stories and discussions here present detailed narratives, analyses, and reflections on medical errors through actions, omissions, and misunderstandings. They offer a uniquely honest perspective on the social implications of medical error and will enable healthcare workers at all levels to analyse and learn from it without losing sight of its impact.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. General Notes: Confidentiality
  9. Glossary
  10. 1 Deeds: Mistaken Actions and Reactions
  11. 2 Words: Failures in Communication
  12. 3 Skin: Resilience
  13. 4 Infamy: On Judgement and Punishment
  14. Summing Up
  15. Endnotes
  16. Index