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The nature of surgical error: a cautionary tale and a call to reason.
Satava RM. Surg Endosc. 2005;19:1014-1016.

The author advocates a more balanced approach to understanding the nature of surgical error, positing that the current trend for a systems approach ignores the actual error and individual accountability.
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