Josie's Story. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Josie's Story. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Book/Report
 
• Published September 2009

Josie's Story.

• CLASSIC

King S. New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press; 2009. ISBN: 9780802119209.

This memoir shares the story of Sorrel King's crusade to make medical care safer. Sorrel King is the mother of Josie King, who died tragically in 2001 at age 18 months because of medical errors during a hospitalization at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has subsequently become one of the nation's foremost patient advocates for safety, forming an influential foundation (the Josie King Foundation) and partnering with Johns Hopkins to promote the field of patient safety around the world.

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