Malprctice Wrongful Deaths - a Lawyer's Exposé
You do not have to rely on the good word of patient trial lawyers alone. Read about medical malpractice causing wrongful deaths in To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System from the Institute of Medicine, which was established by the National Academy of Sciences.
First published by the National Academy Press in June 2000 and in its sixth printing by May 2007, To Err is Human exposes the actual high incidence of deadly medical error that prevails throughout the United States. It reveals too how the general public misperceives what really is going on.
Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 wrongful deaths occur in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. That’s more deaths than from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS – three causes that receive far more public attention. Indeed, more people die annually from medication errors alone than from workplace injuries.
Despite would-be “tort reformers” railing about so-called frivolous lawsuits, the fact is that medical errors remain underreported. The Institute of Medicine prefaces that medical errors are “a serious concern in health care that, if discussed at all, is discussed behind closed doors.” That is the “conspiracy of silence” about which patient attorneys have complained for years.
Do not be misled by the propaganda and hysteria of insurance companies, healthcare providers, and other conspirators. Get the true facts from an impartial non-profit leading authority, the Institute of Medicine.
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