Regulating open disclosure: A german perspective

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-27

  Mclennan, Stuart ^a   Beitat, Katja ^b,c   Lauterberg, Jörg ^d,e   Vollmann, Jochen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Federal Association of the Regional Health Funds (AOK Bundesverband)   (Germany)

^e German Coalition for Patient Safety   (Germany)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Guideline; Medical errors; Truth disclosure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OPEN DISCLOSURE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84855898817     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr073     Document Type: Article

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