Lucian Leape
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Lucian Leape is a physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health, who has been active in trying to improve the medical system to reduce medical error.[1] In 1994 he had an article, "Error in Medicine," published in JAMA, which called for the application of systems theory to prevent medical errors. In 1997, he testified before a subcommittee of the US Senate with his recommendations for improving medical safety.[2]
Leape earned the Eagle Scout award as a youth and has been recognized by the Boy Scouts of America as a Distinguished Eagle Scout.[3]
He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1959 after receiving an AB from Cornell University in 1952.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lucian Leape". Harvard School of Public Health. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013.
- ^ "Patient Safety Interview: Lucian Leape". World Health Organization. May 2007. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010.
- ^ "Distinguished Eagle Scout award recipients". National Eagle Scout Association. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Dr. Leape's Testimony before a US Senate subcommittee
- Leape, L L; Swankin, D S; Yessian, M R (1999). "A conversation on medical injury". Public Health Reports. 114 (4): 302–317. doi:10.1093/phr/114.4.302. PMC 1308490. PMID 10501129.
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