TY - BOOK ID - 29269756 TI - Medical harm : historical, conceptual, and ethical dimensions of iatrogenic illness AU - Sharpe, Virginia A. AU - Faden, A. I. PY - 1998 SN - 0521571332 0521634903 0511527020 9780521571333 9780521634908 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - medische fout (therapeutisch ongeval, medische aansprakelijkheid, foutloze aansprakelijkheid) KW - faute médicale (responsabilité médicale, responsabilité sans faute) KW - Surgery, Unnecessary KW - Iatrogenic Disease KW - Side effects KW - Iatrogenic diseases. KW - Surgery, Unnecessary. KW - Drugs KW - Ethics, Medical. KW - Delivery of Health Care. KW - Side effects. KW - prevention & control. KW - Iatrogenic diseases KW - Ethics, Medical KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - prevention & control KW - Needless surgery KW - Surgery, Needless KW - Surgery, Unjustifiable KW - Unjustifiable surgery KW - Unnecessary surgery KW - Adverse drug reactions KW - Adverse reactions to drug therapy KW - Chemotherapy KW - Drug-induced disease KW - Drug side effects KW - Side effects of drugs KW - Complications KW - Adverse reactions KW - Diagnosis, Surgical KW - Surgeons KW - Diseases KW - Medical errors KW - Therapeutics KW - Drug interactions KW - Professional ethics KW - Physiological effect KW - Health Sciences KW - General and Others KW - Drugs - Side effects KW - Iatrogenic Disease - prevention & control UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:29269756 AB - It is estimated that up to thirteen percent of hospital admissions result from the adverse effects of diagnosis or treatment, and that almost seventy percent of iatrogenic complications are preventable. The obligation to 'do no harm' has been central to medical conduct since ancient times, yet iatrogenic illness has now come to be recognized as a significant risk factor in health care delivery. This book integrates history, philosophy, medical ethics and empirical data to examine the concept and phenomenon of medical harm. Issues covered include appropriateness of care, acceptable risk and practitioner accountability, and the book concludes with recommendations for limiting iatrogenic harm. Essential reading for medical ethicists, physicians and those involved in health care policy and administration, this stimulating and highly readable book will be of interest to all providers of health care, and many of their patients. ER -