num_pages: 208
description: Ninety-eight thousand people die every year from medical errors making it a leading cause of death in the United States but the subject has long been taboo. All that changed with Josie. Sorrel Kings eighteen-month-old daughter was badly burned by a faulty water heater in the familys new home but was taken to the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital where she made a remarkable recovery. But as she was preparing to leave the hospitals system of communication broke down and Josie was given a fatal shot of methadone sending her into cardiac arrest. Within forty-eight hours the King family went from planning a homecoming to planning a funeral. Dizzy with grief and close to ending her marriage Sorrel slowly pulled herself and her life back together. Accepting Hopkins settlement she and her husband established the Josie King Foundation. They began to implement basic programs in hospitals emphasizing communication between patients family and medical staffpractices which can now be found in hospitals around the country. The account of one womans unlikely path from full-time mom to nationally renowned patient advocate Josies Story is the inspirational chronicle of how a motherand her unforgettable daughterare transforming the face of American medicine.
language: English
title: Josie's Story: A Mother's Inspiring Crusade to Make Medical Care Safe
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press