What makes an error unacceptable? A factorial survey on the disclosure of medical errors

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-326

  Schwappach, David L B ^a   Koeck, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Factorial survey; Internet; Malpractice; Medical errors; Survey analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC OPINION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DATA COLLECTION; DISCLOSURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4344677442     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzh058     Document Type: Article

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