Doctors: Triumphs, Trials and Tragedies

Doctors: Triumphs, Trials and Tragedies
ISBN-10
0980871093
ISBN-13
9780980871098
Series
Doctors
Category
Medical
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Jojo Pub
Author
John Wright

Description

Distinguished, retired Australian surgeon, Dr John Wright, has written this fascinating account of some of the most publicised and notorious cases of medical malpractice reported in Australia and elsewhere. The revealed diversity of medical misconduct is staggering. Cases such as Dr William McBride, Jayant Patel aka Dr Death, Winifred Childs and Clarence Gluskie, both senior psychiatrists. Well known entrepreneur and socialite, Geoffrey Edelsten, cases in America and Britain such as Dr Jack Kevorkian, the world famous advocate of euthanasia. The book also covers the damaging influence of pharmaceutical companies on doctors. The debate between abortion and the right to life. Cloning and medical experiments, including those conducted under the Nazi regime, Dr Christian Barnard and heart transplant donors. Legal lawsuits. The violation of medical ethics in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, in Afghanistan and in Guantanamo Bay.

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