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| Volume 9, Issue 2 |
August 2003 |
Practice
Points
Causes
of medical error:
1. Active Failures
a. Omissions or violations
b. Slips
c. Lapses
d.
Mistakes
2. Latent Conditions
a. Error-Provoking Conditions
b.
Weaknesses in Defences
Medical malpractice plaintiff counsel should consider ADDITIONALLY suing the healthcare facility for Latent Conditions:
1. Error-provoking circumstances
2. Weaknesses in defence against avoidable error
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