Ebook: Malpractice: a neurosurgeon reveals how our health-care system puts patients at risk

The Institute of Medicine released a landmark report, which revealed that as many as 250,000 Americans die every year as a result of medical error. In Malpractice, neurosurgeon and attorney Dr. Lawrence Schlachter makes a case that most patients enter the system without any idea of the risks they face, due to a medical culture that denies there is a patient safety problem. He argues that medical culture actively avoids transparency, perpetuates an atmosphere of blind defence to doctors, and protects dangerous doctors from accountability.;Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. The Reality of Patient Harm; 2. Records Patients Aren't Allowed to See; 3. How I Became a Doctor; 4. How Doctors Cope with Trauma; 5. The Art of Medicine; 6. The Medical Conveyor Belt; 7. The Time Crunch and Other Risks We Face; 8. The Mask of Infallibility; 9. Cover-Ups and Semantic Games; 10. The Elusive Standard of Care; 11. How Good is "Good Enough"?; 12. Why Dr. Codman Got Fired; 13. The Remarkable Case of Dr. Christopher Duntsch; 14. Baseball Changes My Life-Again; 15. Propaganda War and the Myths of Malpractice.