The Institute of Medicine reports that the average patient
experiences at least one error every day he is hospitalized. The annual
death toll from medical errors is estimated at 44,000 to 98,000
Americans. How can you protect yourself or a loved one from a dangerous
mistake? Learn how one woman discovered that her doctors had covered up
a serious surgical error they made when she was a teenager.
Guests: Janet Lynn Mitchell, a patient’s right’s advocate and author of Taking A Stand.
Pierce Scranton, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in private practice in
Seattle, Washington. He has been team physician for the Seattle
Seahawks and president of the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle
Society. He is author of a novel, Death on the Learning Curve.
