Facilitating and impeding factors for physicians' error disclosure: A structured literature review

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 188-198

  Kaldjian, Lauris C ^a   Jones, Elizabeth W ^a   Rosenthal, Gary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIANS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746530349     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(06)32024-7     Document Type: Article

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