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Story of the Medical Mistakes That Kill and Injure Millions of
Americans Hardcover: 256 pages The book is an eye-opening read both for the general public and for health care professionals. "A call to arms for families who have had loved ones disabled or dying in the pursuit of medical treatment... Well written and researched... highlights this timely topic in a unique way that will evoke the reader's own experience." --Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter Medical mistakes occur with alarming frequency in this country. Nightly newscasts and daily newspapers tell of botched surgeries, mistaken patient identities, careless overdoses, and neglected diagnoses. You may have dismissed these stories as unfortunate mistakes, misunderstandings, or just isolated incidents with the occasional bad doctor." Wall of Silence reveals that these medical mistakes are not rare incidents. In fact, the real-life stories in this book show that medical mistakes are increasing in frequency - and worse, that the system is designed more to cover up these errors than prevent them. "Health consultant Gibson and economist Singh describe how medical mistakes, lax procedures, and other incompetencies endanger and harm patients in the U.S. health care system. Throughout, they attempt to personalize the topic by describing the stories of individuals who have been caused harm through medical mistakes. They demand that these problems be seen as both organizational and policy problems." - Book News This book written for a general audience of health care consumers provides a popular treatment of the disturbing reality that medical errors occur with alarming frequency, often with lethal results. One study estimated that 100,000 Americans die each year of preventable medical mistakes -- equivalent to a 747 plane crash daily. Media reports of botched surgeries,
medication mixups, and tragic misdiagnoses are increasingly in the
public eye. Wall of Silence argues that these errors are becoming
increasingly common as medical care becomes more complex, with
miscommunication and systemic problems at the root of many failures. The authors put a human face on the
statistics by sharing disturbing stories that will make you think
twice next time you need a "routine procedure" or short hospital
stay. They give tips on things you can do to avoid becoming a
statistic. But throughout the book it is clear that the authors
place the blame where it should rest most -- with the administrators
and system designers who have failed to design the health care
system for safety in the same way we have demanded safety in the
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