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Are All Medical Errors Now Crimes? The Nurse Vaught Verdict

Robert D. Glatter, MD; Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH; Jane Barnsteiner, PhD, RN

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April 13, 2022

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Robert D. Glatter, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY

Disclosure: Robert D. Glatter, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH

Academic Dean of Public Health; Professor of Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Disclosure: Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Medscape; Merck

Jane Barnsteiner, PhD, RN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Disclosure: Jane Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

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