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Perceptions of medical errors in cancer care: an analysis of how the news media describe sentinel events.
Li JW, Morway L, Velasquez A, et al. Perceptions of medical errors in cancer care: an analysis of how the news media describe sentinel events. J Patient Saf. 2015;11(1):42-51. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000039.
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February 21, 2015
Li JW, Morway L, Velasquez A, et al. J Patient Saf. 2015;11(1):42-51.
Print news media describes errors in cancer care from patient or legal perspectives more frequently than from clinician or safety expert perspectives. A significant proportion of articles ascribe blame to clinicians and hospital systems and do not discuss systems approaches.
