Harpwood, Vivienne

Medicine, malpractice and misapprehensions / Vivienne Harpwood - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge-Cavendish, 2007 - xiv, 224 p. ; 24 cm.

Data, accuracy, compensation and error : what should we believe? -- For the increase in claims : who is to blame? -- The compensation culture in healthcare : myth or reality? -- Perpetuating the myth : should we blame the media? -- Doctors : over-paid, out of control and under-regulated? -- Treating the affliction : are there any remedies?.

9780415428071 (hard) RM549.10 9780415428095 (pbk.)

2007-017235


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