Dr. Paul A. Spencer

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Shared learning can help minimize errors
Neither doctors nor patients are safe from error, which may be defined as an unintended act, or one that does not achieve its intended outcome. It is only recently the high error rate within medicine has been appreciated and there are now more efforts at prevention, said Dr. Paul A. Spencer in his column.
November 19, 2012
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(Above) Fused axial image demonstrates uptake in the celiac ganglia. (Below) Corresponding CT scan. The celiac ganglia are visible. All figures courtesy of Dr. Jonathan Hunter, Dr. Jane Burns, and Prof. Martin O’Connell and presented at ECR 2025.
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