400,000 people are dying a year from the third leading cause of death in the United States: medical mistakes. Action should be taken place to reduce the more harm than good that goes on when patients go to the hospital. More knowledge/confidence, more sleep, and more responsibility can go a long way in lowering the number of deaths per year. Children grow up being told to tell the truth no matter what might happen afterwards. Sometimes what they did was not intentional to cause harm but mistakes happen. In the end, the children face their fears and tell the truth, and the parent is more happy they didn't lie than the fact they did something wrong.
These doctors who do something wrong during the patient's’ stay, on average, only file a report on one in every 6 errors that happen. That is 333,333 instances a year not being claimed. It's believed that these doctors who do not admit their mistakes are afraid of the consequences that might be put on them if they tell the truth. (A study done by PSNET.AHRG.gov states that 56% of physicians agree that only partial disclosure should be given to the patient, 42% everything should be told, and 3% believe nothing should be said.)
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So for the repeating offenders, or just the people who made a careless mistake that could have been easily prevented, action needs to be taken place. The more avoidable the error, the more severe the consequence. This can be taking a required class to test the doctor to review the steps of the surgery, and to really see if they know what to do. Or in extreme cases, being put off because the mistake was just unacceptable. If no punishment is given, how are these doctors supposed to realize how bad they did? So doing this, just should remind these people that yes, every action has an consequence, and they're held at such a high expectation, and these expectations should be
These doctors who do something wrong during the patient's’ stay, on average, only file a report on one in every 6 errors that happen. That is 333,333 instances a year not being claimed. It's believed that these doctors who do not admit their mistakes are afraid of the consequences that might be put on them if they tell the truth. (A study done by PSNET.AHRG.gov states that 56% of physicians agree that only partial disclosure should be given to the patient, 42% everything should be told, and 3% believe nothing should be said.)
But like the …show more content…
So for the repeating offenders, or just the people who made a careless mistake that could have been easily prevented, action needs to be taken place. The more avoidable the error, the more severe the consequence. This can be taking a required class to test the doctor to review the steps of the surgery, and to really see if they know what to do. Or in extreme cases, being put off because the mistake was just unacceptable. If no punishment is given, how are these doctors supposed to realize how bad they did? So doing this, just should remind these people that yes, every action has an consequence, and they're held at such a high expectation, and these expectations should be