Error and ethics in medicine

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Editorial – L. Bergemann / A. Frewer: The Right to Health and Responding to Adverse Events. Coming to Terms with Patients’ Rights and Vulnerability – 1. Discussion: Errors in Medicine and Ethics. Comments from International Perspectives – A. Frewer / K. W. Schmidt / L. Bergemann: Errors and Ethics in Medicine. International Case Studies – Patients’ Rights – “Inter-CEC” – J. C. Moskop: Medical Errors and Patient Safety: A U. S. Perspective – S. McLennan: The Handling of Medical Errors in New Zealand – K. Moodley: Medical Error: A South African Perspective – S. Babi´c-Bosanac / A. Borove? cki: Medical Errors in Croatia – H. Ertin / ? I. ? Ilkiliç: The Changing Doctoring Preferences in Turkey Following the Changed Turkish Penal Code and Attitudes toward Medical Malpractice – G. Duttge: Errors in the German Patients‘ Rights Law. Legal and Ethical Problems of the New Legislation – K. W. Schmidt: Errors, Guilt and Shame in Medicine. What We Can Learn from the Movies – L. Bergemann / K. W. Schmidt / A. Frewer: The Ethics of Medical Errors. Comparative Perspectives of the Case Studies on Six Countries – 2. Key Guidelines on Medical Errors – Harvard Hospitals of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors – When Things go Wrong. Responding to adverse events. A Consensus Statement – When Things go Wrong. In the Ambulatory Setting – A guide for education and practice; prepared in cooperation with the RISK Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md. – German “Patients‘ Rights Law”. “Patientenrechtegesetz” (Readjustment 2013) – Authors with Addresses With Support of the Research Group “Human Rights in Healthcare” (Emerging Fields Initiative), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)