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This edited collection of articles addresses aspects of medical care in which human error is associated with unanticipated adverse outcomes. For the purposes of

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

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

This unique and engaging open access title provides a compelling and ground-breaking account of the patient safety movement in the United States, told from the

Human reliability and error have become a very important issue in health care, owing to the vast number of associated deaths each year. For example, according t