Wisdom in Medicine: What Helps Physicians after a Medical Error?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 233-241

  Plews Ogan, Margaret ^a   May, Natalie ^a   Owens, Justine ^a   Ardelt, Monika ^b   Shapiro, Jo ^c   Bell, Sigall K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84955696725     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000886     Document Type: Article

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