SOCIOL 3HH3 Lecture 11: Lecture 11 Nov 22nd.docx
12 Sep 2013
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Last week- medical system is becoming more transparent, there is de-medicalization. Found adverse medical affects in about 4% of all hospital admissions almost 14% lead to death. Hospital induced injuries estimated that over 120 000 patients died because of the errors. A common reaction to medical system setting is to fix blame but not the issue. Not about safety and improvement but pointing fingers and thus competition between workers (no collectivity where people share responsibility) Errors could be reduced if every er was standardized. This adds up to 60000 patients per year free of complications: this process means checks are done collectively are members take part and everyone has to sign it, it is a simple and quick process. Despite our social trust in medicine evidence suggests that medicines complexity results in risk of patients. Discipline helps identify values to good decisions and good policy: helps to define, clarify and prioritize good decisions.
