Well: Medical Errors May Cause Over 250,000 Deaths A Year

NICHOLAS BAKALAR, NY Times: Health
Tue, 05/03/2016 - 3:30pm

If medical error were considered a disease, a new study has found, it would be the third leading cause of death in the United States.

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