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Informed consent and clinician accountability : the ethics of report cards on surgeon performance /

Leading international specialists evaluate the ethical and social implications of new developments in reporting surgeon performance.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Clarke, Steve, 1964-, Oakley, Justin, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: accountability, informed consent and clinician performance information / Justin Oakley and Steve Clarke
  • pt. I. Accountability. Introduction ; Clinician report cards and the limits of evidence-based patient choice / Michael Parker ; Report cards for institutions, not individuals / Neil Levy ; Safety, accountability, and 'choice' after the Bristol inquiry / Tom Sorell ; Public reports: putting patients in the picture requires a new relationship between doctors and patients / Merrilyn Walton ; Adverse event disclosure: benefits and drawbacks for patients and clinicians / Paul Barach and Michael Cantor ; Report cards and performance monitoring / Stephen Bolsin and Liadain Freestone
  • pt. II. Informed vonsent. Introduction ; Informed consent and surgeons' performance / Steve Clarke and Justin Oakley ; The value and practical limits of informed consent / Merle Spriggs ; Against the informed consent argument for surgeon report cards / David Neil ; Trust and the limits of knowledge / David Macintosh ; Surgeons' report cards, heuristics, biases and informed consent / Steve Clarke ; Report cards, informed consent and market forces / A.J. Walsh
  • pt. III. Reporting performance information. Introduction ; Is the reporting of an individual surgeon's clinical performance doing more harm than good for patient care? / Silvana F. Marasco and Joseph E. Ibrahim ; Examining the link between publicly reporting health care quality and quality improvement / Rachel M. Werner and David A. Asch ; Hospital and clinician performance data: what it can and cannot tell us / Paul Aylin ; An ethical analysis of the defensive surgery objection to individual surgeon report cards / Justin Oakley ; Surgeon report cards and the concept of defensive medicine / Yujin Nagasawa ; Training, innovation and surgeons' report cards / Tony Eyers ; Doctors' report cards: a legal perspective / Ian Freckelton.