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Education of a Knife
Lerner, Barron H. | May 6, 2002 issue

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The article focuses on the issue of pervasiveness of errors in the medical profession, with special reference to the book "Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfèct Science," by Atul Gawande. The author suggests that though it has become more fashionable than rebellious for physicians to describe the trials and tribulations of their training, but Gawande, however, has taken the art of physician narrative to a new level. It is proposed to use sophisticated computerized systems to detect impending errors, such as wrong medication doses, sloppily written drug prescriptions and dangerous drug interactions. "Complications" is filled with other stories demonstrating the capriciousness of medicine.

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MEDICAL errors; COMPLICATIONS (Book); GAWANDE, Atul; PHYSICIANS; DRUG interactions; MEDICINE -- Practice
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