Clinical Oncology and Error Reduction

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

Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, is a medical oncologist, Adjunct Professor of Medicine at New York University, where she serves as Ethics Editor of NYU Clinical Correlations. Dr. Surbone is on the Faculty on MD Anderson I*Care Program, and Lecturer in moral philosophy and medical ethics at the Universities of Bologna, Rome, Turin and Verona, Italy, and various European universities. She has published in the fields of medical oncology and bioethics, with special focus on truth-telling, cultural competence, ethical implications of genetic testing for cancer predisposition, and medical errors.
Michael Rowe, PhD, a medical sociologist, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Rowe conducts research and writes in the areas of medical humanities and bioethics, narrative medicine and medical errors, and community mental health. He is the author of several books including The Book of Jesse: A Story of Youth, Illness, and Medicine; Crossing the Border: Encounters Between Homeless People and Outreach Workers; Transforming mental health care: A practical guide to recovery-oriented practice, and Classics of Community Psychiatry; and Citizenship and Mental Health.