The Silent Epidemic: Medication Errors and the Fragile Trust in Caregiving Medication errors remain one of the leading—but least discussed—causes of preventable harm in healthcare. In the complex world of caregiving, families, agencies, and healthcare providers often depend on verbal assurances, handwritten records, or, most commonly, sheer trust. While trust is foundational to the caregiver-patient relationship, it is increasingly evident that trust alone is not enough to ensure patient safe...