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ALL THESE ARE DEATHS PER YEAR:
* 12,000 unnecessary surgery 8
* 7,000 medication errors in hospitals 9
* 20,000 other errors in hospitals 10
* 80,000 infections in hospitals 10
* 106,000 non-error, negative effects of drugs 2
* These total to 250,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!!
What does the word iatrogenic mean? This term is defined as
induced in a patient by a physician’s activity, manner, or therapy.
Used especially of a complication of treatment.
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