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    Monthly Archive for: "September, 2014"

    Medical Futility: How Can We Help People Confront the Inevitable

    September 21, 2014

    On September 18, 2014, the New York Times OpEd page published a wonderful commentary by physician Barron H. Lerner called When Medicine Is Futile. The physician argued that doctors are […]

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    Eliminating the Signs of Silence and Ending the Suffering of Silence

    September 18, 2014

    Since writing my blog post on the Quality and Safety BMJ article on the Deaf Effect, I’ve been thinking a lot about what people concerned with patient safety and the […]

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    Patient Safety and the "Deaf Effect"

    September 14, 2014

    It is now well recognized that the majority of avoidable patient deaths and injuries could be prevented by better teamwork and communication.  What does this mean in practice?  It means […]

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    Why Aren't More Hospitals Protecting Patients from Abusive MDs?

    September 6, 2014

    For the past fifteen years, since the Institute of Medicine published its report To Err Is Human, patient safety has become the watchword of the day. Money has been spent.  […]

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