AN UNSATISFACTORY INQUEST.

Napoleon's death. An inquest

An unsatisfactory report card.

The web site http://www.cushings-help.com/ side_effects.htm made for some interesting and challenging reading. The first section reads: ÔSide effects of steroid therapy considered acceptable and expected by the prescriber (though not by the patient!)Õ. That is quite an indictment against us as clinicians, but is it accurate? Regrettably, not only is the statement correct, but as evidenced elsew...

The coroner's inquest.

(a) He can make no effective ruling as to the steps any doctor should take in relation to any patient before death—even where that death, when it occurs, will fall within the coroner's jurisdiction; (b) He may indicate—as anyone else may—the type of deaths which he wishes to be reported to him—for example all deaths within 24 h of any operation, but there is no legal requirement upon anyone to ...

From inquest to insight.

BACKGROUND In March 1995, The Chief Medical Examiner, Province of Manitoba, ordered an inquest into the deaths of 12 children who died in 1994 while undergoing or shortly after having undergone cardiac surgery at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The inquest spanned over five years, and resulted in almost 50,000 pages of transcript, including the testimony of more than 80 wi...

Characteristics of unsatisfactory shoulder arthroplasties.

Failure of shoulder arthroplasty is often defined as a complication or the need for revision, but it may also be viewed as a result that does not meet the expectations of the patient. To enhance our understanding of failed shoulder arthroplasties, we identified the characteristics common to a series of 139 consecutive patients who came to our shoulder consultation service because of dissatisfac...