Apology, disclosure, and unanticipated outcomes

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-11

  Miller, Lisa A ^a  

^a Perinatal Risk Management and Education Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ERROR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; POLICY; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEONATAL NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951892061     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3182076850     Document Type: Short Survey

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