Disclosing errors that affect multiple patients

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1125-1127

  Chafe, Roger ^a,c   Levinson, Wendy ^a,b   Sullivan, Terrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; CANADA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALPRACTICE; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISCLOSURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 67049158825     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.081016     Document Type: Article

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