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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50523#.VESImlfHRK0 Author(s)     Caroline Gunaratnam 1 , Adetunji Adeniyi Oremakinde 2 , Mark Bernstein 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Division of Neurosurgery and Joint Center for Bioethics, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada . 2 Department of Neurological Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Errors have traditionally been a less commonly discussed topic but are becoming increasingly examined due to a trend towards expanded awareness about the high human and financial cost of errors in medicine. Recording and reporting of errors has been a difficult issue in the health sector due to fear of litigation from patients, complain...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50523#.VECJP1fHRK0 Author(s) Caroline Gunaratnam 1 , Adetunji Adeniyi Oremakinde 2 , Mark Bernstein 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Division of Neurosurgery and Joint Center for Bioethics, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada . 2 Department of Neurological Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Errors have traditionally been a less commonly discussed topic but are becoming increasingly examined due to a trend towards expanded awareness about the high human and financial cost of errors in medicine. Recording and reporting of errors has been a difficult issue in the health sector due to fear of litigation from patients, complaint to governing bo...