Teaching medical error disclosure to physicians-in-training: A scoping review

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 884-892

  Stroud, Lynfa ^a,b   Wong, Brian M ^a   Hollenberg, Elisa ^b   Levinson, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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EID: 84878939600     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828f898f     Document Type: Review

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