How do patients want physicians to handle mistakes? A survey of internal medicine patients in an academic setting

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 2565-2569

  Witman, Amy B ^a,d   Park, Deric M ^b   Hardin, Steven B ^a,c,e  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Jerry L Pettis Mem Vet Aff M ^*  (United States)

^d St Mary's Medical Center   (United States)

^e Jerry L Pettis Mem Vet Aff M   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ERROR; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPENSATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; NEGLIGENCE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SURVEY; TORTS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JURISPRUDENCE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029837119     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.22.2565     Document Type: Article

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