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BMJ easily missed? : medico-legal pitfalls

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Harnden, Anthony (ed)

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Series: BMJ clinical easily missed? seriesPublication details: London BPP University School of Health January 2016 ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 83 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cm. (pbk)ISBN:

1472738950

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Summary: Includes bibliographical references.Summary: The risk of litigation against clinicians is increasing significantly. Those working in primary care, and who are often dealing with uncertainty, are at particular risk. This book groups together a series of useful articles on diagnoses that may be easily missed at first presentation in primary care, and which may give rise to clinical negligence claims. A wide spectrum of conditions which are commonly encountered in claims such as pulmonary embolism, acute leg ischaemia, ectopic pregnancy, inflammatory bowel disease, appendicitis and achilles tendon rupture, are discussed. All articles describe data to support the assertion that these conditions are often overlooked in primary care and that failure to recognise the diagnosis may have serious implications for the patient"

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Medico-legal pitfalls

""The content of this publication contains articles from The BMJ which have been selected, collated and published by BPP Learning Media under a licence.""--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

The risk of litigation against clinicians is increasing significantly. Those working in primary care, and who are often dealing with uncertainty, are at particular risk. This book groups together a series of useful articles on diagnoses that may be easily missed at first presentation in primary care, and which may give rise to clinical negligence claims. A wide spectrum of conditions which are commonly encountered in claims such as pulmonary embolism, acute leg ischaemia, ectopic pregnancy, inflammatory bowel disease, appendicitis and achilles tendon rupture, are discussed. All articles describe data to support the assertion that these conditions are often overlooked in primary care and that failure to recognise the diagnosis may have serious implications for the patient"

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