Quasi-Normative Error

Here is a link to my latest blog post... about surgical error and educating future surgeons.

http://www.aasurg.org/blog/quasi-normative-error/

This is the book that inspired the post, entitled Forgive and Remember: Managing Medical Failure:

https://www.amazon.com/Forgive-Remember-Managing-Medical-Failure-ebook/dp/B00D9A7I4E

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