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Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast)

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The Hidden Story of Medical Errors

When you fill out the death certificate, you have to list the reason the patient died. Marty McCarry says complications and oversights and errors seldom wind up on the death certificate. He's pushing for a fundamental reform to require that doctors specifically indicate if a medical error was involved.

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