翻译有偏差。请看amazon评论原文，病人有权对自己的医疗情況有知情权，但是也没有必要对医患关系对立起来，甚至煽风点火，火上浇油。原书是2003年出版的，和目前的情况又有不同了。原文是Wall of Silence: The Untold Story of the Medical Mistakes That Kill and Injure Millions of Americans Book Description
Publication Date: May 2003
Medical mistakes occur with alarming frequency in this country. Nightly newscasts and daily newspapers tell of botched surgeries, mistaken patient identities, careless overdoses, and neglected diagnoses. You may have dismissed these stories as unfortunate mistakes, misunderstandings, or just isolated incidents with the occasional bad doctor.
Wall of Silence reveals that these medical mistakes are not rare incidents with the occasional bad doctor. In fact, the real-life stories in this book show that medical mistakes are increasing in frequency—and worse, that the system is designed more to cover up these errors than prevent them.
十多年前，34岁的陈女士在洗澡时发现乳房长了一个肿块，她的妇科医生在经过简单检查后告诉她没有大碍。但该肿块越来越大，陈女士便去位于皇后区的一家医院做活体检查，但医院却将检验结果遗失，再次做活检时发现该肿瘤为恶性，距陈女士首次发现此肿块时已经过去了6个月，延误了宝贵的治疗时机。
陈女士随后接受了乳房切除术，和各种放化疗治疗，但还是不见好转，病重不起的她找到了律师，将她的妇科医生和该医院告上法庭。当时，陈女士生命垂危，律师决定用影像记录下她的就医过程和证词。一年多后，陈女士因癌细胞扩散而撒手人寰，留下两个不到十岁的孩子。
十年过去了，经过漫长的取证，协商，该医院的保险公司终于同意支付陈女士家人包括死亡赔偿，痛苦，精神损失赔偿等400万元。目前陈女士的家人与当时的妇科医生还未达成协议。代理该案的戴禹律师表示，医疗事故赔偿案件通常都会花费数年的时间，而若决定起诉，要注意收集医疗纪录作为证据，并在诊断后90天内提起诉讼。（美国中文网 陈逸子 实习记者田碧茜）