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Medical mistakes are more pervasive than we think. How can we improve outcomes? An acclaimed MD's rich stories and research explore patient safety. Patients enter the medical system with faith that they will receive the best care possible, so when things go wrong, it's a profound and painful breach. Medical science has made enormous strides in decreasing mortality and suffering, but still, treatment can also cause harm - a significant portion of which is preventable. Drawing on current research, professional experience, and extensive interviews with nurses, physicians, administrators, researchers, patients, and families, physician and acclaimed author Danielle Ofri explores the diagnostic, systemic, and cognitive causes of medical error. Throughout, she illustrates her points via the powerfully human stories she's known for. Now, Dr. Ofri places the issues of medical error and patient safety front and center in our national healthcare conversation.

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Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, is an associate professor of medicine at the New York University School of Medicine and has cared for patients at New York's Bellevue Hospital for more than two decades. She is the critically acclaimed author of What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine, Singular Intimacies, Incidental Findings, Medicine in Translation, and the e-book original volume Intensive Care. Ann Richardson was raised in the Midwest, where she was active in drama and singing. Her varied work experience has lent itself well to narration, as she's no stranger to the terminology used in wildlife management, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, education, and the automotive industry. A devoted volunteer for Learning Ally (formerly Recording For the Blind and Dyslexic), she has narrated numerous audiobooks in a wide variety of genres.

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