In Why Patients Sue Doctors 2e the authors draw on their wide-ranging, collective experience in over 1000 real-life medicolegal cases to explore why and how doctors make mistakes. By analysing and discussing the situations and behaviours that lead to complaints by patients and their families, this book provides clear and practical direction for practitioners to improve clinical care and avoid litigation. Written in a concise and engaging narrative writing style by editors Duncan Graham, Bernard Kelly and David Richards, readers will obtain a broad understanding of the origins, workings and outcomes of medicolegal cases and will be equipped with practical strategies to improve clinical care and avoid common pitfalls in practice. The text also introduces important legal concepts in an approachable manner appropriate for those working in medicine.
1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Ethical issues - p. 7 3. Post-traumatic stress disorder - p. 15 4. Delirium - p. 18 5. Family dynamics - p. 22 6. Cerebral palsy - p. 25 7. Toxoplasmosis - p. 30 8. Postnatal depression - p. 34 9. Restraint - p. 38 10. Syncope - p. 43 11. Visual disturbance - p. 48 12. Things may not be as they seem - p. 52 13. Headache - p. 55 14. Mechanism of stroke - p. 59 15. A pharmacological nightmare - p. 65 16. Steroid toxicity - p. 69 17. Sagging lip - p. 73 18. Tongue cancer - p. 76 19. Childhood cancer - p. 81 20. Neck pain - p. 84 21. Shoulder pain - p. 88 22. Unexplained fever - p. 91 23. Persistently unwell - p. 95 24. Mother knows best - p. 100 25. Necrotising fasciitis - p. 103 26. Sore wrist - p. 109 27. Ingestion of a caustic solution - p. 113 28. Haemoptysis - p. 118 29. Asthma during pregnancy - p. 121 30. Dyspnoea - p. 124 31. Palpitations - p. 128 32. Ischaemic heart disease - p. 133 33. Chest pain - p. 137 34. Too many cooks - p. 142 35. Breast lumps - p. 147 36. A number of health concerns - p. 150 37. A sick infant - p. 156 38. An avoidable tragedy - p. 160 39. Obesity - p. 165 40. Abdominal pain - p. 169 41. Unexplained weight loss - p. 174 42. Rectal bleeding - p. 179 43. Missed period - p. 184 44. An obstetric abnormality - p. 187 45. Placenta percreta - p. 189 46. Pelvic organ prolapse - p. 193 47. A mesh by any other name - p. 198 48. Failed hip replacement - p. 204 49. Cauda equina syndrome - p. 208 50. Bladder cancer - p. 215 51. Penile cancer - p. 220 52. Leg weakness - p. 224 53. Lacerated foot - p. 228 54. Types of mistakes - p. 231 55. Listening and learning - p. 234 56. Thinking and reasoning - p. 240 57. Professionalism and insight - p. 247 58. Lessons for doctors and others - p. 256 59. Further reading - p. 260 60. Abbreviations - p. 261 61. Index - p. 263 62. IBC - p. ibc1
In Why Patients Sue Doctors 2e the authors draw on their wide-ranging, collective experience in over 1000 real-life medicolegal cases to explore why and how doctors make mistakes. By analysing and discussing the situations and behaviours that lead to complaints by patients and their families, this book provides clear and practical direction for practitioners to improve clinical care and avoid litigation. Written in a concise and engaging narrative writing style by editors Duncan Graham, Bernard Kelly and David Richards, readers will obtain a broad understanding of the origins, workings and outcomes of medicolegal cases and will be equipped with practical strategies to improve clinical care and avoid common pitfalls in practice. The text also introduces important legal concepts in an approachable manner appropriate for those working in medicine.
1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Ethical issues - p. 7 3. Post-traumatic stress disorder - p. 15 4. Delirium - p. 18 5. Family dynamics - p. 22 6. Cerebral palsy - p. 25 7. Toxoplasmosis - p. 30 8. Postnatal depression - p. 34 9. Restraint - p. 38 10. Syncope - p. 43 11. Visual disturbance - p. 48 12. Things may not be as they seem - p. 52 13. Headache - p. 55 14. Mechanism of stroke - p. 59 15. A pharmacological nightmare - p. 65 16. Steroid toxicity - p. 69 17. Sagging lip - p. 73 18. Tongue cancer - p. 76 19. Childhood cancer - p. 81 20. Neck pain - p. 84 21. Shoulder pain - p. 88 22. Unexplained fever - p. 91 23. Persistently unwell - p. 95 24. Mother knows best - p. 100 25. Necrotising fasciitis - p. 103 26. Sore wrist - p. 109 27. Ingestion of a caustic solution - p. 113 28. Haemoptysis - p. 118 29. Asthma during pregnancy - p. 121 30. Dyspnoea - p. 124 31. Palpitations - p. 128 32. Ischaemic heart disease - p. 133 33. Chest pain - p. 137 34. Too many cooks - p. 142 35. Breast lumps - p. 147 36. A number of health concerns - p. 150 37. A sick infant - p. 156 38. An avoidable tragedy - p. 160 39. Obesity - p. 165 40. Abdominal pain - p. 169 41. Unexplained weight loss - p. 174 42. Rectal bleeding - p. 179 43. Missed period - p. 184 44. An obstetric abnormality - p. 187 45. Placenta percreta - p. 189 46. Pelvic organ prolapse - p. 193 47. A mesh by any other name - p. 198 48. Failed hip replacement - p. 204 49. Cauda equina syndrome - p. 208 50. Bladder cancer - p. 215 51. Penile cancer - p. 220 52. Leg weakness - p. 224 53. Lacerated foot - p. 228 54. Types of mistakes - p. 231 55. Listening and learning - p. 234 56. Thinking and reasoning - p. 240 57. Professionalism and insight - p. 247 58. Lessons for doctors and others - p. 256 59. Further reading - p. 260 60. Abbreviations - p. 261 61. Index - p. 263 62. IBC - p. ibc1
