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Killed by care making medicine safe

It's a chilling statistic: up to 24,000 Canadians die every year from medical errors. This program probes the heart of the problem -- how hospital processes can contribute to fatal errors. By examining four real-life scenarios and speaking with patients, families of patients, doctors and medical experts, this unflinching investigation comes up with some surprising answers. How does medical culture contribute to this? Uncover what happens when errors occur, how doctors and hospitals react and the solution that could prevent thousands of future deaths.Killed by Care is available in the U.S. from Icarus Films.

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  • "Making medicine safe"
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  • "Killed by care : making medicine safe"@en
  • "Killed by care"
  • "Killed by Care: Making Medicine Safe"
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  • "It's a chilling statistic: up to 24,000 Canadians die every year from medical errors. This program probes the heart of the problem -- how hospital processes can contribute to fatal errors. By examining four real-life scenarios and speaking with patients, families of patients, doctors and medical experts, this unflinching investigation comes up with some surprising answers. How does medical culture contribute to this? Uncover what happens when errors occur, how doctors and hospitals react and the solution that could prevent thousands of future deaths.Killed by Care is available in the U.S. from Icarus Films."@en
  • "It's a chilling statistic: up to 24,000 Canadians die every year from medical errors. This program probes the heart of the problem -- how hospital processes can contribute to fatal errors. By examining four real-life scenarios and speaking with patients, families of patients, doctors and medical experts, this unflinching investigation comes up with some surprising answers. How does medical culture contribute to this? Uncover what happens when errors occur, how doctors and hospitals react and the solution that could prevent thousands of future deaths. Killed by Care is available in the U.S. from Icarus Films."
  • "If helping without harming is the aim of medicine, then why are tens of thousands of North Americans dying every year due to medical error? This program seeks to answer that urgent question through two case studies and an in-depth examination of a groundbreaking inquest involving Dr. Jonah Odim. Measures to improve patient safety are also presented. Commentary by Donald Berwick, professor of pediatrics and healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School, and Lucien L. Leape, of the Harvard School of Public Health-high-profile proponents of the patient safety movement-is featured. Is it the culture of medicine itself that is ultimately to blame?"@en
  • "Explores the tragic consequences of medical error on patients, their families and on health care workers, asking how medicine can be made safer. Exposes a culture of secrecy and blame. Victims' relatives and patient safety experts contribute."
  • "Explores the tragic consequences of medical error on patients, their families and on health care workers, asking how medicine can be made safer. Exposes a culture of secrecy and blame. Victims' relatives and patient safety experts contribute."@en
  • "Between 10,000 and 24,000 people die every year in Canada as a result of medical errors. Is it the result of incompetent medical personnel or is it the fault of our system of medical care. This program tries to determine the answer."@en
  • "CBC television program, The Nature of things, examines the deaths of 12 infants who died in a Winnipeg, Manitoba hospital."@en
  • "If helping without harming is the aim of medicine, then why are tens of thousands of North Americans dying every year due to medical error? This program seeks to answer that urgent question through two case studies and an in-depth examination of a groundbreaking inquest involving Dr. Jonah Odim. Measures to improve patient safety are also presented. Commentary by Donald Berwick, professor of pediatrics and healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School, and Lucien L. Leape, of the Harvard School of Public Health-high-profile proponents of the patient safety movement-is featured. Is it the culture of medicine itself that is ultimately to blame? (46 minutes)."@en
  • "This investigative program explores the tragic consequences of medical error on patients, their families and on health care workers, and asks how medicine can be made safer."
  • "This video examines medical errors and how hospital processes can contribute to these errors."@en
  • "Examines the deaths of 12 infants who died in a Winnipeg, Manitoba hospital."
  • "Although the doctors' creed states "do no harm," tens of thousands of North Americans die every year due to medical error. Through two case studies, this program examines the epidemic of medical errors and how to improve patient safety."@en

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