Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
"In December 1999, the Institute of Medicine shocked the nation by reporting that as many as 98,000 Americans died each year from mistakes in hospitals - twice the number killed in auto accidents. Instead of strict rules and harsh penalities to reduce those risks, the institute called for a system of standardized disclosure of medical errors. If it worked, it would create economic and political pressures for hospitals to improve their practices.".
"Since the mid-1980s, Congress and state legislatures have approved scores of new disclosure laws to fight racial discrimination, reduce corruption, and improve services. The most ambitious systems aim to reduce risks of everyday life - risks from toxic pollution, contaminants in drinking water, excess fat in packaged foods, lead paint, workplace hazards, and SUV rollovers.
Unlike traditional government warnings, they require corporations and other organizations to produce standardized factual information at regular intervals about health, safety, or environmental threats they create. Legislated transparency has become a mainstream instrument of social policy."--BOOK JACKET.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Democracy by Disclosure: The Rise of Technopopulism
2017, Brookings Institution Press
in English
0815733372 9780815733379
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Democracy by Disclosure: The Rise of Technopopulism
2002, Brookings Institution Press
in English
0815732333 9780815732334
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Democracy by Disclosure: The Rise of Technopopulism
September 1, 2002, Brookings Institution Press
Hardcover
in English
0815732341 9780815732341
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
First Sentence
"In 1913 Louis D. Brandeis, known as the "people's attorney" for his fights against the predatory practices of big business, had a simple but revolutionary idea."
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
Marygrove College MARC recordInternet Archive item record
Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
marc_columbia MARC record
Work Description
Annotation
Annotation
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?December 24, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
December 13, 2019 | Created by MARC Bot | import existing book |