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Lucian Leape is a physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health, who has been active in trying to improve the medical system to reduce medical error. In 1994 he had an article, "Error in Medicine," published in JAMA, which called for the application of systems theory to prevent medical errors. In 1997, he testified before a subcommittee of the US Senate with his recommendations for improving medical safety.

Leape earned the Eagle Scout award as a youth and has been recognized by the Boy Scouts of America as a Distinguished Eagle Scout.

He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1959 after receiving an AB from Cornell University in 1952.

References

1. ^ "Lucian Leape". Harvard School of Public Health. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013.
2. "Patient Safety Interview: Lucian Leape". World Health Organization. May 2007. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010.
3. "Distinguished Eagle Scout award recipients". National Eagle Scout Association. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

External links

• Dr. Leape's Testimony before a US Senate subcommittee
• Leape, L L; Swankin, D S; Yessian, M R (1999). "A conversation on medical injury". Public Health Reports. 114 (4): 302–317. doi:10.1093/phr/114.4.302. PMC 1308490. PMID 10501129.

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