Preventable adverse effect of medical care, whether evident or harmful to the patient or not

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A surgeon at Whitworth in County Durham letting blood from Thomas Thurlow, Bishop of Durham, but leaving his patient in order to attend to a sick horse. Coloured etching by H.W., 1791.

A sick man lamenting the uselessness of his physicians. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.

The doctor / words by A.J. Morris ; music by Geo le Brunn ; sung by Dan Leno.

A physician rushes into an operating theatre, exclaiming that there has been an error in diagnosis; unfortunately, the patient is already lying there, opened up. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

Medical errors and medical narcissism / John Banja.

A framework for measuring and monitoring safety : a practical guide to using a new framework for measuring and monitoring safety in the NHS.

A costly cure?.

Joshua's story : uncovering the Morecambe Bay NHS scandal / James Titcombe.

Medicine on trial : the appalling story of ineptitude, malfeasance, neglect, and arrogance / Charles B. Inlander, Lowell S. Levin, Ed Weiner.

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Medical Errors

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Medical errors and medical narcissism / John Banja.

A framework for measuring and monitoring safety : a practical guide to using a new framework for measuring and monitoring safety in the NHS.

A costly cure?.

Joshua's story : uncovering the Morecambe Bay NHS scandal / James Titcombe.

Medicine on trial : the appalling story of ineptitude, malfeasance, neglect, and arrogance / Charles B. Inlander, Lowell S. Levin, Ed Weiner.

Medical Errors

Images from the collections

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Works from the collections

Medical errors and medical narcissism / John Banja.

A framework for measuring and monitoring safety : a practical guide to using a new framework for measuring and monitoring safety in the NHS.

A costly cure?.

Joshua's story : uncovering the Morecambe Bay NHS scandal / James Titcombe.

Medicine on trial : the appalling story of ineptitude, malfeasance, neglect, and arrogance / Charles B. Inlander, Lowell S. Levin, Ed Weiner.

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