Why Patients Sue Doctors: Lessons Learned from Medical Malpractice Cases (Paperback, 2)

Introduction
Ethical issues
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Delirium
Family dynamics
Cerebral palsy
Toxoplasmosis
Postnatal depression
Restraint
Syncope
Visual disturbance
Things may not be as they seem
Headache
Mechanism of stroke
A pharmacological nightmare
Steroid toxicity
Sagging lip
Tongue cancer
Childhood cancer
Neck pain
Shoulder pain
Unexplained fever
Persistently unwell
Mother knows best
Necrotising fasciitis
Sore wrist
Ingestion of a caustic solution
Haemoptysis
Asthma during pregnancy
Dyspnoea
Palpitations
Ischaemic heart disease
Chest pain
Too many cooks
Breast lumps
A number of health concerns
A sick infant
An avoidable tragedy
Obesity
Abdominal pain
Unexplained weight loss
Rectal bleeding
Missed period
An obstetric abnormality
Placenta percreta
Pelvic organ prolapse
A mesh by another name
Failed hip replacement
Cauda equina syndrome
Bladder cancer
Penile cancer
Leg weakness
Lacerated foot
Types of mistakes
Listening and learning
Thinking and reasoning
Professionalism and insight
Lessons for doctors and others
Further reading
Abbreviations
Index