Iatrogenic error and physician responsibility.
The recent report on iatrogenic errors highlighted the scope of the problem and suggested solutions including a national agency to oversee error reporting. This may or may not occur; in the meantime physicians are not relieved of their responsibility to respond to the issue of patient safety. Reasons for the slow response to date are discussed and suggestions for the future are offered.
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Ambulatory Primary Care, St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, USA.
D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D017751:Safety Management; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States