To Reduce the Number of Deaths and Injuries Caused by Medical

question 46

Multiple Choice

To reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by medical incompetence, what was the recommendation of the Institute of Medicine?

• A) socializing medicine and placing it under government control
• B) establishing a Federal Center for Patient Safety to investigate these cases
• C) computerizing medical care, including all prescriptions
• D) assigning two physicians to each patient, one to check the diagnosis of the other

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