The limits of apology laws

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 6-7

  Dresser, Rebecca ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHAME; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; GUILT; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIANS; SHAME; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 44849089647     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

References (13)

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2. T. Gallagher, D. Studdert and W. Levinson, "Disclosing Harmful Medical Errors to Patients," New England Journal of Medicine 356 (2007): 2713-19.
3. Ibid., 2715-16.
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8. Wojcieszak, Banda, and Houk, "The Sorry Works! Coalition," 348.
9. Ibid., 349.
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13. Gallagher, Studdert, and Levinson, 2716.