Word: errors
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...handing back the surplus of his expense-account money when he returns from a trip abroad. And where honesty exists, talent is often lacking. To get results, Sir Abubakar, normally mild and patient, hounds his ministers, occasionally displaying to inept underlings a towering temper never seen in public. An error can bring simply a long, cold stare; it can also bring an explosion, as it did recently when a minister tried to justify an obvious goof. "That is quite enough," snapped the Prime Minister. "Shut...
...mistake of counterterror. Last week there were reliable reports that a Castro cop, in a moment of rage, killed a 14-year-old involved in the opposition. Just such brutality had mobilized an indifferent Cuban public against Batista; the opposition plainly intended to provoke Castro into the same error...
...bishops made a tactical error with their pastoral letters," commented one U.S. Roman Catholic theologian. "In this instance they misjudged their own influence and the temper of the people. Archbishop Davis' statement is a compromise that saves an awkward situation." In an obvious gesture of reconciliation, Governor Muñoz and 76 of his party leaders issued a statement assuring everyone that the party platform "does not embody . . . any concept whatsoever which is in contradiction with the Christian doctrine upon which the civilization of our people is based...
More and more U.S. doctors are resorting to just such callous measures, as they learn a bitter lesson: medicine is an inexact science, but there is little room for error as far as the courts are concerned. One in every seven U.S. physicians, says the American Medical Association, has been sued for giving treatment that a court may decide is contrary to accepted rules and injurious to the patient. Last year alone, 6,000 doctors were sued. Jury awards in malpractice suits have nearly trebled since 1950; lawyers' fees, court costs, damages and out-of-court settlements in last...
...baby and quit, leaving its twin behind. Surgeons have removed a kidney only to discover that one is all the patient had. A more common cause: transfusions of mismatched blood, which kill about 3,000 patients a year in the U.S., injure thousands more. In such cases, where human error is clearly responsible, courts often hold that res ipsa loquitur-"the thing speaks for itself"-and the injured patient need not produce expert testimony to prove the physician's negligence...