A Brief History of Bad Medicine

A Brief History of Bad MedicineAuthor: Ian Schott ISBN: 9781780332611 Publisher: Little Brown Year first published: 20 Dec 2001 Pages: 416 Format: Paperback softback A doctor removes the normal, healthy side of a patient's brain instead of the malignant tumor. A man whose leg is scheduled for amputation wakes up to find his healthy leg removed. These recent examples are part of a history of medical disasters and embarrassments as old as the profession itself. In Brief History of

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