Introduction : the empowered patient
The failure of state medical boards to protect the public
Secrets of the National Practitioner Data Bank and the failure of medical licensing boards, hospitals, and the legal system to protect the public from dangerous physicians
Failure and successes of physician peer and performance review
Dangerous medical devices
A contemporary review of healthcare associated infections
Oversight of physician offices : Dr. Welby or Dr. Applebee?
Prescription drugs : to heal and to harm
After the harm : apology, disclosure, and trust
The consumer advocates who kicked the hospital-infection nest
Medical guidelines and informed consent : routes to safer medical care
Medical imaging : does it help?.