Survey: 10 Percent Suffer Fatal Medical Errors
NU Online News Service, Dec. 13, 3:57 p.m. EST?More than a third of physicians in a survey and 42 percent of the public said they have personally experienced errors in medical treatment for themselves or a family member--sometimes with fatal consequences.
Although few physicians said that more malpractice suits could be effective in preventing individual errors, a majority believes surgeons who make serious errors should be subject to lawsuits, the research by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation found.
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