To Err Is Human

Author: Committee on Quality of Health Care in America
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B002U4J9N8
Category: Medical

To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System

Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. Download To Err Is Human medical books for free.
That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS--three causes that receive far more public attention. Indeed, more people die annually from medication errors than from workplace injuries. Add the financial cost to the human tragedy, and medical error easily rises to the top ranks of urgent, widespread public problems.

To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequence--but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes. After all, to err is human. Instead, this book sets forth a national agenda--with state and Get To Err Is Human our bestseller medical books.

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That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS--three causes that receive far more public attention. Indeed, more people die annually from medication errors than from workplace injuries. Add the financial cost to the human tragedy, and medical error easily rises to the top ranks of urgent, widespread public problems.

To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequence--but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes Instead, this book sets forth a national agenda--with state and

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