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This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not
being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting
started in your research about malpractice. Below you
will find pointers to suggested research terms about malpractice, materials in the library catalog about
malpractice,
websites relevant to malpractice, and links to library
databases that contain information about malpractice.
Please use our email reference
service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at
the reference desk if you need further assistance.
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Research Terms Materials in the Library
Catalog Websites
Library Databases
Suggested Research Terms
One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic
is a short list of terms related to a topic. We think the following terms
will help with your research about malpractice:
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Defensive medicine
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Medical malpractice
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Malpractice insurance
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Medical negligence
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Medical errors
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Legal malpractice
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Brokers Malpractice
- Architects Malpractice
- Professional
malpractice
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Materials in the library catalog related to malpractice
We have the following materials in the library catalog related to malpractice:
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Websites on malpractice
The following websites will help you with your research on malpractice:
U.
S. IOM: To Err Is Human; Building a Safer Health System
Historic report by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of
Medicine (IOM) published in 2000. The report finds, in two of its studies,
that from 44,000 to 98,000 deaths per year in hospitals may be caused by
"medical error", mostly due not so much to lapses of individuals
but to mistakes in the health system's organization.
The report identifies, categorizes, and analyzes the major kinds of error
as Diagnostic, Treatment, Preventive, and Other.
Summary
of Medical Malpractice Law
This
web site for a private law
firm is included for information only, in order to give researchers a
general idea of what is involved from a legal
standpoint in California medical malpractice cases, and in no way is an endorsement of or
advertisement for the firm.
The site
gives the firm's interpretation of some main points of California
malpractice law. It touches on such topics as the statute of limitations, damage caps,
contributory negligence, etc.
Legal
Malpractice
Nolo, a thirty-year-old
organization and publisher whose mission is to "make the legal system work for everyone --
not just lawyers", presents information "to help people handle their own everyday legal matters -- or learn
enough about them to make working with a lawyer a more satisfying
experience". They do this by "[publishing] reliable, plain-English books, software, forms
and this website."
This section of their site offers advice to the
layperson wondering how to determine legal malpractice and what to do
about it.
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Library Databases relevant to malpractice
The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain
material relevant to malpractice. Databases may include magazine,
newspaper and journal articles. Please note: you must be a Santa
Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services.
Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide
full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text
for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans
virtually every area of academic study and offers information
dating as far back as 1975.
Career and Vocational Collection
Full text coverage for nearly 400 trade and industry-related periodicals.
Health Source
Health Source: Consumer Edition offers information
on many health topics
including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition,
childcare, sports medicine and general health. Has full text for
nearly 300 journals.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Provides complete coverage of the professional
literature in nursing, 14 allied health disciplines
and health sciences librarianship. In addition, there are
over 560 journals in full text.
Medline
Search abstracts from over 4,600 biomedical journals
for information on medicine,
nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care
system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Science Full Text Select
Coverage includes popular science magazines as well as professional journals. Also covers The New York Times Science Section. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.
National Newspapers (U.S.)
Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage
Newspaper Source (Regional, National and International)
Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
ABI/INFORM
Business news and information from more than 410 full text journals.
Coverage includes all subject areas related to business.
Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8200 serials.
Coverage includes all subject areas related to business.
Regional Business News
Regional Business News provides full text coverage for
regional business publications. Includes coverage of 75 business
journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and
rural areas within the United States.
Encyclopedia Americana
Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext
links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly.
Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
JSTOR
Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
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ap 5/22/03
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