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Medication errors, worse than a crime.

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Lancet, 355 (9208): 947 - (2000)

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Reports on the frequency and causes of death that result from medical errors. How the problem is overestimated, according to a report by the United States Institute of Medicine; The distinction between intentional errors and unconscious mistakes; Mortality risks involved in prescribing and administering drugs to patients; Suggestions to reduce fatal mistakes such as improving undergraduate training.

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