Killed by care. Making medicine safe

Description

If helping without harming is the aim of medicine, then why are tens of thousands of North Americans dying every year due to medical error? This program seeks to answer that urgent question through two case studies and an in-depth examination of a groundbreaking inquest involving Dr. Jonah Odim. Measures to improve patient safety are also presented. Commentary by Donald Berwick, professor of pediatrics and healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School, and Lucien L. Leape, of the Harvard School of Public Health-high-profile proponents of the patient safety movement-is featured. Is it the culture of medicine itself that is ultimately to blame?

Runtime

46 min

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Date of Publication

[2007], c2004

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Films on Demand

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