What are the repercussions of disclosing a medical error?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-125

  Calvert Jr , James F ^a   Hollander Rodriguez, Joyce ^a   Atlas, Michel ^b   Johnson, Kevin E ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ERROR; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELLBEING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39449125869     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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