diagnostic realism
3.5/5
Dr Death
Season 1 Episode 7
Feet of Clay
Feet of Clay is curated around Malpractice Defense and Lingering Questions; Surgical Harm Root-Cause Review.
Air date: Jul 15, 2021
overall
3.6/5
procedure realism
3.6/5
workflow realism
3.8/5
Medical Cases in This Episode
These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.
2 cases identified
Case 1
Malpractice Defense and Lingering Questions
Duntsch tries to mount a defense while others seek answers to lingering questions.
- Episode shows
- Duntsch tries to mount a defense while others seek answers to lingering questions.
- Clinical takeaway
- Malpractice Defense and Lingering Questions is included because the episode evidence supports a concrete surgical, regulatory, oversight, consent, experimental-care, or patient-safety problem.
Accuracy 3.6/5malpractice-defense-and-lingering-questionspatient-safetyinformed-consent
Case 2
Surgical Harm Root-Cause Review
Henderson, Kirby, and Shughart seek answers about Duntsch's conduct and outcomes.
- Episode shows
- Henderson, Kirby, and Shughart seek answers about Duntsch's conduct and outcomes.
- Clinical takeaway
- Surgical Harm Root-Cause Review is included because the episode evidence supports a concrete surgical, regulatory, oversight, consent, experimental-care, or patient-safety problem.
Accuracy 3.6/5surgical-harm-root-cause-reviewpatient-safetyinformed-consent
Episode Summary
Duntsch tries to mount a defense; Henderson, Kirby, and Shughart seek answers to lingering questions.
Diagnostic Testing Logic
Malpractice Defense and Lingering Questions: A real review would verify patient records, operative notes, consent, complications, credentialing, reporting, peer review, and regulator response. The available evidence does not support adding unshown injuries, lab values, operative findings, medication doses, timestamps, or definitive outcomes.
Surgical Harm Root-Cause Review: A real review would verify patient records, operative notes, consent, complications, credentialing, reporting, peer review, and regulator response. The available evidence does not support adding unshown injuries, lab values, operative findings, medication doses, timestamps, or definitive outcomes.
Medical Accuracy Review
Malpractice Defense and Lingering Questions: The episode ties this case to a supported surgical safety, oversight, experimental-care, or patient-harm event. The available sources do not support adding exact injuries, operative details, timelines, regulatory filings, or outcomes beyond the summary.
Surgical Harm Root-Cause Review: The episode ties this case to a supported surgical safety, oversight, experimental-care, or patient-harm event. The available sources do not support adding exact injuries, operative details, timelines, regulatory filings, or outcomes beyond the summary.
Sources Further Reading
Episode evidence: iDRief catalog page, TVmaze - Dr Death 1x07 Feet of Clay, Dr. Death recap search - Feet of Clay. Medical context appears on linked case/topic records with trusted surgery, airway, ethics, patient-safety, medical-board, and professional-oversight sources.
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