Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Skip to main content
Study

Potential medical adverse events associated with death: a forensic pathology perspective.

Sakai K, Takatsu A, Shigeta A, et al. Potential medical adverse events associated with death: a forensic pathology perspective. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2009;22(1). doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp058.

Save
Print
June 27, 2011
Sakai K, Takatsu A, Shigeta A, et al. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2009;22(1).
View more articles from the same authors.

Nearly 9% of autopsies in this Japanese study revealed a potentially preventable adverse event, most commonly a diagnostic error.

Save
Print
Cite
Citation

Sakai K, Takatsu A, Shigeta A, et al. Potential medical adverse events associated with death: a forensic pathology perspective. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2009;22(1). doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp058.