Dealing with failure: The aftermath of errors and adverse events

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 344-346

  Wears, Robert L ^a,b   Wu, Albert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0036123432     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.121996     Document Type: Article

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