When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error
Medicine, wherever it is practiced, involves heavy things that are not for the faint of heart. Outcomes sometimes involve death, and errors are not always (or often) easy to spot. Poor outcomes can haunt doctors and nurses both professionally and personally – almost as much as they can haunt the families of patients. Nonetheless, in the United States, no comprehensive system exists to monitor medical errors. As Ofri details in this well-written and timely book,…