Avoiding errors in general practice

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"Written for Foundation Year doctors, trainees and general practitioners, and unlike any other clinical management title available, Avoiding Errors in General Practice identifies and explains the most common errors likely to occur in an outpatient setting - so that you won't make them." -- publisher website.

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Title Statements

Full title :Avoiding errors in general practice / Kevin Barraclough [and others].

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:x v, 182 pages : : color illustrations ; : 26 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780470673577, 0470673575
oclc:ocn805647214
LC Classification:R729.8
Dewey Decimal:610.28/9

Machine generated contents note: Part 1 -- Section 1 The legal structure of negligence -- A few words about error -- Medical negligence -- Learning from system failures -- the vincristine example -- Reference -- Section 2 Causes of diagnostic errors in general practice and how they can be avoided -- How do general practitioners reach diagnoses? -- Where do errors occur in diagnosis? -- How can we minimize the risks of these errors? -- References and further reading -- Section 3 Bayesian reasoning and avoiding diagnostic errors -- References and further reading -- Section 4 A potpourri of advice on avoiding errors -- History and examination -- The telephone consultation -- Communication problems -- When lack of knowledge plays a part -- The unexpectedly abnormal result -- The standard of notes -- Drug errors or prescribing errors -- Consent -- Confidentiality -- Conditions that are `frequent flyers' in negligence cases -- Safety netting -- References and further reading

Note continued: pt. 2 Clinical cases -- Introduction -- Case 1 A man with iron deficiency -- Case 2 When is a headache abrupt? -- Case 3 A woman with chest pain -- Case 4 A dizzy man -- Case 5 Rectal bleeding in a …

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Case Reports Case studies Erreurs médicales Family medicine Family Practice General Practice -- organization & admi… Health and Fitness Médecine familiale Medical Errors Medical Errors -- legislation & jurispr… Medical errors -- Prevention Medical Errors -- prevention & control Primary care (Medicine) Primary Health Care Primary Health Care -- organization & a… Soins de santé primaires