Medical error: Why sorry doesn't need to be the hardest word

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7809, 2011, Pages

  Feinmann, Jane ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL ERROR; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

DISCLOSURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79957937956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d3258     Document Type: Short Survey

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