Perspective: Why physicians err – deja vu

By Charles A. Pilcher MD FACEP April, 2015 Over 100 years ago Dr. Richard Cabot reported that autopsies showed a remarkable lack of correlation between the pre-mortem diagnosis and the actual cause of death. The findings were shocking and embarrassing, but the house of medicine anticipated that they would lead to improvements in the diagnostic acumen of physicians. But … Continue reading Perspective: Why physicians err – deja vu