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This book offers a perspective not often addressed in medicine and medical education: errors or misadventures in patient care and education. In 1999, a white paper was created by the Institute of Medicine—"To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System"—that addressed errors made around patient care and what that cost is in lives and dollars to the public each year. This initiative resulted in more safeguards in the system, including attention to quality improvement. In fact, whereas there has been a focus on patient safety since that paper, the same emphasis has been lacking in medical...