Medical mistakes and older patients: Admitting errors and improving care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1361-1365

  Kapp, Marshall B ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Ethics; Law; Malpractice

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAW; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; REVIEW;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034751275     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49267.x     Document Type: Review

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