TY - JOUR PY - 2018// TI - Finding a silver lining: the importance of documenting medical tragedies JO - Journal of the Medical Library Association A1 - Wiener, Judith A. SP - 259 EP - 261 VL - 106 IS - 2 N2 - 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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LA - en SN - 1536-5050 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2018.408 ID - ref1 ER -