Clinical Oncology and Error Reduction is the first single-source reference to address the vital topics of recognizing, preventing, and responding to medical errors in clinical oncology.

Filled with practical information for immediate clinical application
Covers topics such as patient safety, error prevention, quality improvement, errors disclosure and apology, and the impact of errors on patients and doctors
Each chapter contains special take home' points that highlight issues of particular clinical relevance and application
Prepared by an expert, multidisciplinary, international team of physicians, nurses, researchers, hospital administrators, bioethicists, patients and patient advocates

Table of Contents
Foreword by Dominic J. Balestra, vii

Preface, ix

1 Introduction to Oncology and Medical Errors
Antonella Surbone and Michael Rowe

Part I. Medical Errors and Oncology: Background and Context

2 Recognizing and Facing Medical Errors. The Perspective of a Physician who is also Patient
Itzhak Brook

3 Psychological and Existential Consequences of Medical Error for Oncology Professionals
Mary J. Chalino, Evelyn Y.T. Wong, Bradley L. Collins, and Richard T. Penson

4 To Sue or Not to Sue: Restoring Trust in Patient Doctor Family Relationships
Michael Rowe and Antonella Surbone

Part II: Improving Patient Safety in Clinical Oncology Practice

5 Prevention of Errors and Patient Safety: Oncology Nurses' Perspectives
Martha Polovich

6 Prevention of Errors and Patient Safety from the Oncologists Perspective
Meghan E. C. Shea, Nie Bohlen, and Inga T. Lennes

7 Disclosing Harmful Medical Errors
Walter Baile and Daniel Epner

8 Do Cross-Cultural Differences Influence the Occurrence and Disclosure of Medical Errors in Oncology?
Lidia Schapira, Joseph R. Betancourt, and Alexander R. Green

Part III: Cancer Patients, Oncology Professionals and Institutions Against Medical Errors

9 Prevention of Errors and Patient Safety: Institutional Perspectives
Eric Manheimer

10 Professional and Ethical Responsibilities in Adverse Events and Medical Errors: Discussions When Things Go Wrong
P.M. Forde and Albert W. Wu

11 Medical Error and Patient Advocacy
Juanne N. Clarke

12 CONCLUSION: The Given and Therefore's of Clinical Oncology and Medical Errors
Antonella Surbone and Michael Rowe

Index,