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The Stuart Rome Lecture: Knocking Against The Rocks: Evaluating Institutional Practices And The African-American Boy, Theresa Glennon
The Stuart Rome Lecture: Knocking Against The Rocks: Evaluating Institutional Practices And The African-American Boy, Theresa Glennon
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Foreword: "Children With Special Needs: The Intersection Of Health Care, Education & The Law", Susan P. Leviton
Foreword: "Children With Special Needs: The Intersection Of Health Care, Education & The Law", Susan P. Leviton
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
This foreword was written as an introduction to the May 2001 symposium sponsored by the University of Maryland Law and Health Care Program entitled "Children with Special Needs: the Intersection of Health Care Education & the Law.
Addendum To Pediatric Priorities
Addendum To Pediatric Priorities
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Medical Errors: Causes, Cures, And Capitalism, Keith Myers
Medical Errors: Causes, Cures, And Capitalism, Keith Myers
Journal of Law and Health
This article explores the causes of medical error, the medical profession's responses to errors, and how the legal system responds to medical error through litigation and legislation. Part II discusses the definition of "medical error," the frequency and pervasiveness of the problem, and the causes at the individual and system level. Part III considers how the culture of medicine has largely failed to address medical errors as a systems-based problem, and how the legal culture discourages admitting errors due to the threat of litigation. Focusing on systems, data must be collected and analyzed, and legal guidelines developed to encourage error …