Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US - a podcast by BMJ Group

Medical error is not included on death certificates or in rankings of cause of death. Martin Makary, professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, joins us to explain why we don't measure medical error, and why it is so important that we start.

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http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139

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