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Edited by Susan B. Rubin and Laurie Zoloth. 374 pp. Hagerstown, Md., University Publishing, 2000. $29.95. ISBN 1-55572-053-6.

Recent widespread efforts to change how we identify and prevent errors in health care have generated only a limited literature on medical errors. Even more limited are discussions of error in the field of clinical bioethics consultation. This book thoughtfully explores these two related but quite distinct subjects. A range of perspectives from bioethics and the medical humanities provides the largely novel material, although several notable, previously published works are also included. Medical errors are discussed in parts 1 and 2 of the book; one analyzes concepts and definitions of errors, the other deals with physicians' involvement in errors. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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