Patients' and family members' experiences of open disclosure following adverse events

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 421-432

  Iedema, Rick ^a   Sorensen, Roslyn ^a   Manias, Elizabeth ^b   Tuckett, Anthony ^c   Piper, Donella ^a   Mallock, Nadine ^a   Williams, Allison ^b   Jorm, Christine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Measurement of quality; Open Disclosure; Patient satisfaction; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY COUNSELING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 56749156889     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn043     Document Type: Article

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