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The Truth About Medical Mistakes and Mortality Rates

Description:E.R. physician Dr. Travis Stork is joined by surgeon Martin Makary, M.D., M.P.H. to discuss the alarming mortality rates caused by medical mistakes. Dr. Makary also serves as the co-director of The Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group (QSRG), and details his findings in his book Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won’t Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care . (4:56)

Source: The Doctors

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