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By Marianne A. Paget; edited by Marjorie L. DeVault. 153 pp. Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1993. $22.95. ISBN 1-56639-041-9.

One's first reaction to this unusual book is to reflect on the tragic loss, early in her career, of Dr. Marianne Paget. Medicine, social sciences, and the law had much to gain from her insights. Hers was a short but unique career. As a sociologist, she had begun studying an uncomfortable aspect of medicine -- our errors and mistakes. As a social scientist, she was exploring how doctors talk (or fail to talk) about their mistakes, how lawyers describe them in the courtroom, and how each affects patients and public policy.

Paget's premise was that clinical medicine is an "error-ridden . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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