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Drug safety: Side effects and mistakes or adverse reactions and deadly errors?

A striking feature of modern medicine is the debilitating and lethal consequences of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), which rank as one of the top 10 causes of death and illness in the developed world,[1] claiming... Read More

Guest editorial--Primum non nocere (First, do no harm): How do we improve patient safety?

In Canada, more deaths occur from adverse events in hospitals than from breast cancer, motor vehicle accidents, and AIDS combined,[1] and many of these adverse events have been judged preventable.[2] Every day... Read More