TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Medical Malpractice A1 - Vinluan, Michael A1 - Rich II, Archie L. A1 - Young, Matthew H. H. A2 - Quang, Tony S. A2 - Taft, Michelle S. A2 - Beriwal, Sushil PY - 2022 T2 - Understanding the Principles and Practice of Legal Oncology AB - A team from Johns Hopkins Medicine estimated that a quarter of a million people die each year as a result of a medical error.1 The study ranks medical error as the third leading cause of death in the United States (250,000 deaths), next to heart disease (650,000 deaths) and cancer (600,000 deaths).2 To put it in perspective, the study suggests that more people die each year from medical errors than from accidents/unintentional injuries (170,000 deaths), chronic lower respiratory disease (160,000 deaths), or stroke (150,000 deaths).2,3 SN - PB - McGraw Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191391661 ER -