title: Errors: incompetence, ineptitude or failure.
authors.affiliation: Hatter Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa.
authors.forename: Lionel H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Opie
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D013019:South Africa