Perceptions of and attitudes towards medical errors among medical trainees

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 645-652

  Muller, David ^a,b   Ornstein, Katherine ^a,c  

^a Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

*attitude of health personnel; *education, medical, undergraduate; *medical errors; Female; Humans; Male; Medical staff, hospital *psychology; Perception; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEGLIGENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 34447118240     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02784.x     Document Type: Article

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