How might acknowledging a medical error promote patient safety?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 775-780

  Malaty, Wail ^a,b   Crane, Steven ^a  

^a Mt Area Health Education Center   (United States)

^b Hendersonville Family Health Center and Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARM; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABORATORY TEST; LICENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; TEACHER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33748807480     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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