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Any injury or illness that occurs as a result of medical care. Some examples: chemotherapy used to treat cancer may cause nausea, vomiting, hair loss, or depressed white blood cell counts. The use of a Foley catheter for incontinence can create a urinary tract infection and urinary sepsis. A guiding principle of health care is to do little harm to patients while effecting cures \u2014 but this ideal is not always achieved. In the U.S., deaths that result from health care errors and complications of treatment are among the most common causes of mortality.<\/p>\n

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