First, Do Less Harm: Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety. (Koppel)

Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 1:30pm

Penn Book Center, 130 S. 34th Street


"First, Do Less Harm: Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety"

Speaker: Dr. Ross Koppel, Penn Sociology

Ross Koppel will discuss "First, Do Less Harm," a collection of essays about our health care system's failure to protect patients. Please join us for a talk and light refreshment.

Ross Kopel's research interests include the sociology of work and medical sociology--especially the impact of healthcare information technology on medication errors, policy analysis, social stratification, labor-management relations, public transportation and the disabled.