Taking the mistakes out of medicine. (cover story)
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Shapiro, Joseph P.
- Source
- U.S. News & World Report. 07/17/2000, Vol. 129 Issue 3, p50. 10p. 9 Black and White Photographs.
- Subject
- *CHILDREN'S hospitals
*PREVENTION of medical errors
*MEDICAL practice
*HOSPITAL patients
*MORTALITY
- Language
- ISSN
- 0041-5537
Reports on efforts of Children's Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota to reduce medical errors. Role of Julie Morath; Number of hospital patients who die from avoidable mistakes annually; Reluctance of doctors to take responsibility for their mistakes; Increase in the number of accidents with the complexity of medicine; Encouragement of suggestions for medical procedures; Legal aspects of the disclosing of medical errors.