Doctors make mistakes. A new documentary explores what happens when they do—and how to fix it (Time, 24 January 2019)

Summary

This article in Time reviews the documentary film 'To Err is Human', which explores the tragic outcomes of medical errors and the medical culture that allows them to persist. The film follows the Sheridans, a family from Boise, Idaho on their journey to understand how two major medical errors befell their family: one that contributed to a case of cerebral palsy, and another that involved a delayed cancer diagnosis and ended in death.