The Hazards of Hospitalization
Authors: ELIHU M. SCHIMMEL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Article1 January 1964The Hazards of HospitalizationELIHU M. SCHIMMEL, M.D.ELIHU M. SCHIMMEL, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-1-100 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecent medical progress has brought dramatic advances in methods of diagnosis and treatment. With each new advance, however, reports of adverse reactions have soon followed. The occurrence of occasional reactions is now considered to be an accustomed and almost predictable hazard rather than evidence of improper medical care.These hazards have been called "the price we pay" for modern diagnosis and therapy (1). This new type of clinical pathology, documented in numerous reports of drug reactions and of the untoward effects of diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, has been catalogued under the title, "Diseases of Medical Progress" (2). These reports and...References1. BARR DP: Hazards of modern diagnosis and therapy—the price we pay. JAMA 159: 1452, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. MOSER RH: Diseases of medical progress. New Eng. J. Med. 255: 606, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: West Haven, ConnecticutFrom the Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, and the Grace-New Haven Community Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Elihu M. Schimmel, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, West Spring Street, West Haven 16, Connecticut. 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