Serendipity: translational research, high quality care, and the children's hospital. Jay and Margie Grosfeld Lecture.
The word "serendipity" was coined by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, in a letter he wrote in January 1754. He defined serendipity as the making of "….discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which [you] were not in quest of….you must observe that no discovery of a thing you are looking for comes under this description." I would like to make the case that a children's hospital can be a superb setting in which to attempt this feat-to generate Serendipity. I would also like to convince you that this attribute is absolutely essential to providing the very best care for children.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: jkandel@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu.
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Discovery; Planned serendipity; Sagacity; Serendipity