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Learning from Error

Tom Geraghty · Stories & Cases, Safety & Human Error, Power

Examines the cases of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba and RaDonda Vaught — healthcare workers prosecuted for errors in complex, under-resourced systems. Argues the prosecutions sent a message that honesty about error carries criminal risk, putting far more patients at risk through silencing.

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