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May 3, 2016BMJ3,276 citations

Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US

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MMMartin A. MakaryMDMichael Daniel

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Medical error is not included on death certificates or in rankings of cause of death. Martin Makary and Michael Daniel assess its contribution to mortality and call for better reporting

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Makary et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a57f5203535936aac688cdehttps://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i2139
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