Medical error disclosure: The gap between attitude and practice

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1037, 2012, Pages 130-133

  Ghalandarpoorattar, Seyedeh Mojgan ^a   Kaviani, Ahmad ^b   Asghari, Fariba ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SURGEON; TRUST;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84857190260     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130118     Document Type: Article

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