Educating the public about medical errors

摘要

Doctors around the world have reacted strongly to the Bawa-Garba case because they know what it is like to be forced to cover more than they are supposed to; they understand how disabling it is for IT systems to go down; and they know how not eating, drinking, or resting for 10 hours can affect their focus and thinking. But patients cannot be expected to automatically empathise with doctors.