Health Plan Members' Views about Disclosure of Medical Errors

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Mazor, Kathleen M ^a   Simon, Steven R ^b   Yood, Robert A ^b   Martinson, Brian C ^b   Gunter, Margaret J ^b   Reed, George W ^b   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 1542328163     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-6-200403160-00006     Document Type: Article

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