REVIEW ARTICLE A New‚ Evidence-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care John T. James‚ PhD Objectives: Based on 1984 data developed from reviews of medical records of patients treated in New York hospitals‚ the Institute of Medicine estimated that up to 98‚000 Americans die each year from medical errors. The basis of this estimate is nearly 3 decades old; herein‚ an updated estimate is developed from modern studies published from 2008 to 2011. Methods: A literature
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Would the benefits of an ungoverned internet outweigh the harms? The internet is one of‚ if not the greatest technological advancement of modern times. It has unmistakeably become intricately woven with our day to day lives. While there has been a lot of debate as to whether the invention of the internet itself has been good or bad‚ my personal stance is that the internet‚ much like any other technology‚ is double edged with both good and bad features. However‚ while I acknowledge this double edged
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internet can be a dangerous place for you‚ your computer and your children. It is extremely important to be aware of the fact that not everyone on the internet is as honest about themselves that you are about yourself. Undoubtedly the Internet brings more harm than good. Predators‚ they are everywhere waiting for you and your child. Sexual predators do exist and are a real threat. They target both girls and boys of all ages and use the anonymity of the internet to their advantage since they can meet whoever
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Public-protection standard statement 1: Protecting your patients from harm and abuse Knowledge and Skills Framework core dimension Performance criteria (adapted from the Skills for Health database1) Recognising signs of risk 1. Look for factors that may lead to patients‚ staff and others‚ including yourself‚ being in danger of harm and abuse. 2. Look for signs that patients‚ staff and others‚ including yourself‚ may be in danger of harm or abuse or have been harmed or abused. This would include recognising
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Thirteen year-old Tom had recently been playing football and kicked his ball over a fence into his neighbour’s garden. Tom’s neighbour was a cantankerous 70 year-old called Stan who confiscated the ball when he saw it land on his pristine lawn. As a result of this incident Tom decided to play a practical joke on Stan by posting letters through Stan’s letterbox each day on his way to school. Inside the letters were the words: ‘You’ll pay for what you have done old man.’ As a result of receiving these
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Is Technology Doing More Harm Than Good? The first significant advancement in technology was the invention of fire around 1 million years ago‚ this enabled humans to cook food‚ and create other items such as spears and utensils. Technology now has improved sharply‚ and with Tvs‚ MP3s‚ Computers etc our way of life has changed. With the introduction of Mp3s‚ Tvs and computers‚ life for humans have become easier but also lazier. Obesity in children is at peak levels in Australia‚ United States
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Television does more harm than good When the TV was invented‚ it impressed the whole world‚ so everyone since then seeks to buy a one. In the past TV was only has less than ten channels and it were locked in the latest hours of night. But now there is thousands or millions of satellite channels are broadcasted on TV. As a result the number of TV owners has risen until 98% of American households have a TV set and the same is true of most developed countries. In fact‚ television channels
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different areas. Legislation covering child protection can be divided into two main categories: Civil law is divided into public and private law. Public law puts in place systems and processes in order to minimise the risk of children coming to harm and lays out what action should be taken if children are at risk. Private law deals with family proceedings such as divorce and contact Criminal law deals with people who have offended or are at risk of offending against children. In practice‚ some
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’s attacker could be charged with a number of non fatal offences ranging from the lowest non fatal offences which are common assault and battery under the Criminal Justice Act 1988‚ to the higher offences assault causing actual bodily harm and grievous bodily harm under the Offence Against the Person Act (1861). In order for the attacker to be charged within the criminal courts‚ the prosecution must prove the crime is ’beyond reasonable doubt ’ (Charman‚ 2010: 211). The jury must be certain the
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versed in law will know it as ‘causing the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful violence’ to the lay person implies a level of physicality to the act where this would refer a ‘common assault’ or actual bodily harm involving either an assault or battery along with more actual bodily harm. Reform of these issues was proposed by the law commission in regard to replacing the terms used within each offence so that they were clearly defined in statute and no longer relying on case law‚ with new forms
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