Media Coverage of Health Issues

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This paper examines how the media helps to publicize problems in the medical field and how it can help solve problems related to this field. The paper focuses on a series of reports regarding the high death rate resulting from medical errors by health services providers.

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"In December of 1999, the Institute of Medicine released a report stating that as many as 98,000 people die each year because of medical errors. Lonnie Bristow, MD, a past president of the American Medical Association, served on the committee that wrote the report. The document, "To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System", says that medical error is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, taking more lives than motor vehicle accidents and breast cancer combined."

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