Errors, medicine and the law / by Alan Merry & Alexander McCall Smith.

Melbourne : Cambridge University Press 2003.

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Medical laws and legislation -- United States.

Medical ethics -- United States.

Accident law -- United States.

1. Accidents

2. The human factor

3. Errors

4. Violations

5. Negligence, recklessness and blame

6. The standard of care

7. Assessing the standard-the role of the expert witness

8. Beyond blame: responding to the needs of the injured.

Includes index.

0521000882

254 p.