Medical error disclosure among pediatricians: Choosing carefully what we might say to parents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 922-927

  Loren, David J ^a   Klein, Eileen J ^a   Garbutt, Jane ^b   Krauss, Melissa J ^b   Fraser, Victoria ^b   Dunagan, W Claiborne ^b   Brownstein, Dena R ^a   Gallagher, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53849083429     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.10.922     Document Type: Article

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