Acknowledging our mistakes

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1575-1576

  Luce, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Disclosure; Medical error

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLAXIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NOTE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DISCLOSURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646588643     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000216173.48673.2A     Document Type: Editorial

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