Forgive and Remember: Managing Medical Failure [Paperback]

Charles L. Bosk (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0226066800 | ISBN-13: 978-0226066806 | Publication Date: February 15, 1981

On its initial publication, Forgive and Remember emerged as the definitive study of the training and lives of young surgeons. Now with an extensive new preface, epilogue, and appendix by the author, reflecting on the changes that have taken place since the book's original publication, this updated second edition of Charles L. Bosk's classic study is as timely as ever.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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On its initial publication, Forgive and Remember emerged as the definitive study of the training and lives of young surgeons. Now with an extensive new preface, epilogue, and appendix by the author, reflecting on the changes that have taken place since the book's original publication, this updated second edition of Charles L. Bosk's classic study is as timely as ever.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Charles L. Bosk is a professor of sociology and medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of All God's Mistakes: Genetic Counseling in a Pediatric Hospital, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 301 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (February 15, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226066800
• ISBN-13: 978-0226066806
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,433,241 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Reminds Physicians of our Responsibilities, July 12, 1999

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Dennis Han ([e-mail]) (Merrillville, IN (e-mail my wife's)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forgive and Remember: Managing Medical Failure (Paperback)

As a medical student at the University of Chicago, Forgive and Remember helped shape my view of what good, caring physicians need to do when policing their own. I am currently on the quality assurance committees at three hospitals where I practice. I am buying several copies of Forgive and Remember for my committee colleagues who have not read this book.

The temptations of money over our patient's best interest, the medical malpractice environment, and the difficulties of practicing medicine in the era of managed care have made it diffuclt for well intentioned physicians to make a difference in the quality of care provided in our communities. I think this book will help me and my colleagues fufill the responsibilities the hospitals and our commununities have given us.

I truly believe all health care providers, attorneys involved with medical malpractice cases, and people interested in the delivery of healthcare need to read this book. It brings into perspective how all health care providers, from surgeons to orderlies, are human and make mistakes. It also shows how some mistakes are hard to forgive. As physicians we have to take this into account while assuring we always keep the interest of all patients, our own and those of other physicians, are well looked after.

I hope that in my local community all people will trust that their health care providers, despite the outcome of their care, did a good, competent job. Everyone alive, including physicians and our families, will someday become a patient.

In life it is important for all of us to learn from our mistakes.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for upcoming residents, June 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Forgive and Remember: Managing Medical Failure (Paperback)

This book is required reading at my ENT residency, for good reason. Bosk applies a somewhat technical (for me) sociological paradigm to a surgical residency, focusing on the relationships between faculty and residents. Again and again the issues that he so clearly elucidated come up throughout my residency. It is doubtfully of use to non-physicians, but I highly recommend it if you are beginning residency.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A unique perspective of surgical training, May 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Forgive and Remember: Managing Medical Failure (Paperback)

This book captures the essence of training an academic surgeon in America. As a surgical resident, I can attest to the accuracy and relevance of this work. A "must read" for trainees in Surgery or surgical sub-specialties.