Finding a silver lining: the importance of documenting medical tragedies
The radiation overexposure tragedy at a Columbus, Ohio, hospital impacted hundreds of patient lives and made a lasting impression on the regulation and oversight of the use of radiation medicine on a national level. Archival documentation of the incident and the current-day importance of the data co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Medical Library Association |
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| Online Access: | http://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/408 |
| Summary: | The radiation overexposure tragedy at a Columbus, Ohio, hospital impacted hundreds of patient lives and made a lasting impression on the regulation and oversight of the use of radiation medicine on a national level. Archival documentation of the incident and the current-day importance of the data collected during and after the event is discussed and highlights many of the reasons why the history of past medical disasters matters to us today. |
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| ISSN: | 1536-5050 1558-9439 |