Death by hospital: Who’s right?
Dr. Kaveh Shojania, a prominent patient safety expert who scoffs at the numbers and laughs at the tragedy inflicted on countless victims of medical error, should step down as editor of a leading hospital safety journal.
About three years ago, a scientist named John James published a study proclaiming that — at minimum — 210,000 people die every year from hospital errors, making it the third leading cause of death in …