Full Description
Preventable Medical Errors: The Role of Different Sciences in Medical Education and Practice addresses the issues of staying up to date with evolving medical practices, by providing practical examples linked to real-world patient safety concerns and illustrating theoretical discussions with clear clinical practice scenarios. The book is divided into two sections, Part 1 - How Did It Come To This? and Part 2 - Where Does It Go From Here?; which guide the reader through how we got here historically and how we can navigate our way out using the tools the author presents. Thus paving the way, bridging a gap between theory and practice, while emphasizing the importance of patient safety. Written for all medical professionals, at the forefront of postmodern and scientific medical advancements, to ultimately improve clinical outcomes and reduce preventable medical errors.
Contents
Part 1 - How Did It Come To This?
1. Paradigm Shifts in Medicine and Medical Education
2. The Need for Yet Another Paradigm Shift
3. What Kind of Science?
4. Overview of Postmodernism
5. Case Study: McMaster University School of Medicine
6. Evidence Based Medicine
Part 2 - Where Does It Go From Here?
7. Towards Logical Scientific Medicine
8. Cartesian Science
9. The Means and Obstacles to Knowledge
10. Victim of One's Own Success
11. Medicine in a Silent War with Itself
