When a physician harms a patient by a medical error: Ethical, legal, and risk-management considerations

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 330-335

  Finkelstein, Daniel ^a   Wu, Albert W ^b,c   Holtzman, Neil A ^c,d   Smith, Melanie K ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPENSATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LASER SURGERY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST; UNITED STATES; WHISTLEBLOWING;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MARYLAND; MEDICAL ERRORS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 0031299711     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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