Errors and Ethics in Medicine. International Perspectives for Patients' Rights

Editorial - L. Bergemann / A. Frewer: The Right to Health and Responding to Adverse Events. Coming to Terms with Patients' Rights and Vulnerability - 1. Discussion: Errors in Medicine and Ethics. Comments from International Perspectives - A. Frewer / K. W. Schmidt / L. Bergemann: Errors and Ethics in Medicine. International Case Studies - Patients' Rights - "Inter-CEC" - J. C. Moskop: Medical Errors and Patient Safety: A U.S. Perspective - S. McLennan: The Handling of Medical Errors in New Zealand - K. Moodley: Medical Error: A South African Perspective - S. Babi´c-Bosanac / A. Borove?cki: Medical Errors in Croatia - H. Ertin / ?I. ?Ilkiliç: The Changing Doctoring Preferences in Turkey Following the Changed Turkish Penal Code and Attitudes toward Medical Malpractice - G. Duttge: Errors in the German Patients' Rights Law. Legal and Ethical Problems of the New Legislation - K. W. Schmidt: Errors, Guilt and Shame in Medicine. What We Can Learn from the Movies - L. Bergemann / K. W.Schmidt / A. Frewer: The Ethics of Medical Errors. Comparative Perspectives of the Case Studies on Six Countries - 2. Key Guidelines on Medical Errors - Harvard Hospitals of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors - When Things go Wrong. Responding to adverse events. A Consensus Statement - When Things go Wrong. In the Ambulatory Setting - A guide for education and practice; prepared in cooperation with the RISK Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md. - German "Patients' Rights Law". "Patientenrechtegesetz" (Readjustment 2013) - Authors with AddressesWith Support of the Research Group "Human Rights in Healthcare" (Emerging Fields Initiative), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)