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To Err is Human: Can American Medicine Learn from Past Mistakes?

Jeffrey B Ritterman1.   

Abstract

The history of medicine includes many errors. Some persisted for decades and caused great harm. Several are highlighted in this article, including the mythical thymic diseases: thymic asthma and status thymicolymphaticus. Some medical mistakes, such as the diet-heart hypothesis of Ancel Keys, continue to cause harm. To avoid future errors and their associated harm, I suggest a cultural shift encouraging professional humility and greater questioning of medical dogma. Medical education focused on teaching students this history may help with this cultural shift.

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Year:  2017        PMID： 28633732      PMCID： PMC5478585          DOI： 10.7812/TPP/16-181

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Perm J        ISSN： 1552-5767


  40 in total

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Journal:  Radiology       Date:  1999-01       Impact factor: 11.105

2.  "A gentle and humane temper": humility in medicine.

Authors:  Jack Coulehan
Journal:  Perspect Biol Med       Date:  2011       Impact factor: 1.416

3.  Arrogance.

Authors:  F J Ingelfinger
Journal:  N Engl J Med       Date:  1980-12-25       Impact factor: 91.245

4.  Sweetened beverage consumption, incident coronary heart disease, and biomarkers of risk in men.

Authors:  Lawrence de Koning; Vasanti S Malik; Mark D Kellogg; Eric B Rimm; Walter C Willett; Frank B Hu
Journal:  Circulation       Date:  2012-03-12       Impact factor: 29.690

5.  Breast cancer risk 55+ years after irradiation for an enlarged thymus and its implications for early childhood medical irradiation today.

Authors:  M Jacob Adams; Ann Dozier; Roy E Shore; Steven E Lipshultz; Ronald G Schwartz; Louis S Constine; Thomas A Pearson; Marilyn Stovall; Paul Winters; Susan G Fisher
Journal:  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev       Date:  2010-01       Impact factor: 4.254

6.  Carbohydrate restriction has a more favorable impact on the metabolic syndrome than a low fat diet.

Authors:  Jeff S Volek; Stephen D Phinney; Cassandra E Forsythe; Erin E Quann; Richard J Wood; Michael J Puglisi; William J Kraemer; Doug M Bibus; Maria Luz Fernandez; Richard D Feinman
Journal:  Lipids       Date:  2008-12-12       Impact factor: 1.880

7.  A ketogenic diet favorably affects serum biomarkers for cardiovascular disease in normal-weight men.

Authors:  Matthew J Sharman; William J Kraemer; Dawn M Love; Neva G Avery; Ana L Gómez; Timothy P Scheett; Jeff S Volek
Journal:  J Nutr       Date:  2002-07       Impact factor: 4.798

8.  Added sugar intake and cardiovascular diseases mortality among US adults.

Authors:  Quanhe Yang; Zefeng Zhang; Edward W Gregg; W Dana Flanders; Robert Merritt; Frank B Hu
Journal:  JAMA Intern Med       Date:  2014-04       Impact factor: 21.873

9.  Attitudes and habits of highly humanistic physicians.

Authors:  Carol M Chou; Katherine Kellom; Judy A Shea
Journal:  Acad Med       Date:  2014-09       Impact factor: 6.893

10.  Evidence from randomised controlled trials did not support the introduction of dietary fat guidelines in 1977 and 1983: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors:  Zoë Harcombe; Julien S Baker; Stephen Mark Cooper; Bruce Davies; Nicholas Sculthorpe; James J DiNicolantonio; Fergal Grace
Journal:  Open Heart       Date:  2015-01-29
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  2 in total

1.  Issues with data and analyses: Errors, underlying themes, and potential solutions.

Authors:  Andrew W Brown; Kathryn A Kaiser; David B Allison
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  2018-03-13       Impact factor: 11.205

2.  Second victims in health care: current perspectives.

Authors:  Ozcan Ozeke; Vildan Ozeke; Ozlem Coskun; Isil Irem Budakoglu
Journal:  Adv Med Educ Pract       Date:  2019-08-12
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