Disclosing Harmful Medical Errors to Patients
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- 28 June 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 356 (26) , 2713-2719
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra070568
Abstract
Historically, fear of malpractice litigation made clinicians cautious about informing patients when they made mistakes in their care. This article reviews recent efforts by regulators, hospitals, accreditation organizations, and legislators to encourage and facilitate discussions between health care providers and patients when patients are harmed by medical errors.Keywords
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