Helping clinicians find resolution after a medical error

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-207

  Pollack, Craig ^a   Bayley, Carol ^b   Mendiola, Michael ^c   McPhee, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Catholic Healthcare West   (United States)

^c Pacific School of Religion   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; RELIGION; REVIEW; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MEDICAL ERROR; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038541709     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180103002135     Document Type: Review

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