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270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis

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Medical Errors - Why Aren't They a Big Problem?

McCary: We're mis classifying medical mistakes as other causes, and that medical mistakes don't even show up on the list. At least 250 thousand deaths every year in the us. Due to medical error. A quarter of a million people. That's why he's ing for a fundamental reform to require that doctors, when they fill out a death certificate, specifically indicate if a medical error was involved.

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