Accountability for medical error: Moving beyond blame to advocacy

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 519-526

  Bell, Sigall K ^a   Delbanco, Tom ^a   Anderson Shaw, Lisa ^b   McDonald, Timothy B ^b   Gallagher, Thomas H ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG CANCER; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDAGOGICS; PEER GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 80051490648     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2533     Document Type: Review

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