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MEDICAL MISHAPS The physical consequences of medical errors are obvious.

Medical errors are attracting increasing attention, and the government is contemplating new steps to strengthen how they are reported and corrected.

"Of course, medical errors are never excusable," the report said, "but the base line death risk has to be known and factored out before drawing conclusions about the real effect of adverse reactions on death rates, preventable or otherwise".

• The trial lawyers argue in the ads that patients need legal recourse because preventable medical errors are the sixth-leading cause of death in America, killing at least 98,000 people a year.

Medical malpractice lawsuits have existed in the United States for more than 150 years, though today, most medical errors are never pursued in court, and a large majority of claims never result in any kind of payment to patients.

Alison West New York, Nov. 25, 2010 • To the Editor: If preventable medical errors are causing harm to 13 to 25 percent of hospitalized patients today, and we know that limiting residents' shifts to 16 hours can cut that number by one-third, we should change the system tomorrow.

The occurrence of medical errors was high in primary care clinics particularly with documentation and medication errors.

The four cases of medical errors were dreadful.

Safety experts have long known that medical errors were a major cause of death and suffering.

"The reduction of medical errors is as powerful an issue as that of the insured".

Another reason for national attention to medical errors is that the public has replaced paternalism with consumerism.