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Medical errors kill 14,000 people in Canada each year, adversely affect hundreds of thousands and cost close to two billion dollars. But this is not a situation

In a series of true stories from across Canada, this collection seeks to point out the considerable human toll that medical errors cause. Victims of medical err

Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. That's more than die from motor vehicle accide

Medical error is a leading problem of health care in the United States. Each year, more patients die as a result of medical mistakes than are killed by motor ve

Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisio