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	Archive > December, 2004	Vol. V, No. 12

Editor's Page

Safety and Getting Sued

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Dan O They are the slam dunks of medical malpractice lawsuits: anesthesia awareness, surgical fires and wrong-site surgery. Inexcusable and indefensible and, as you'll see in our fourth annual safety issue, in the news in a big way.

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