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Taking care to avoid the ‘seven deadly sins of surgery’
Author(s) -
Kirby Roger,
Challacombe Ben
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.473
Subject(s) - duty , medical emergency , medicine , surgery , history , psychology , law , political science
These days, as surgeons, we live in a world where the hue and cry resulting from one unfortunate incident can drown out the plaudits that should be the result of literally thousands of cases that have gone smoothly. As a result, it is the duty of each and every one of us to try by every means possible to avoid medical accidents, clinical errors and ‘serious untoward incidents’.