Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US by BMJ talk medicine published on 2016-05-04T09:29:03Z Medical error is not included on death certificates or in rankings of cause of death. Martin Makary, professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, joins us to explain why we don't measure medical error, and why it is so important that we start. Read the full analysis: http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139 Genre Science Comment by Chandra Thapa This is great information. It is kind of food for thought in Nepal . 2022-05-25T00:43:07Z Comment by Blake Eaker Great information - In research, lack of transparency (lack of flat/blunt truths) hold society back from any type of growth. Legalities that protect us are the same legalites that prevent growth and we need to get past that with transparency that sets us free rather than holds us back and binds us down. 2017-04-06T05:23:03Z Comment by Compulso It´s 3.0 AM I kill myself every night so I don´t hurt others. 2016-05-05T06:15:20Z