Patient Safety: Disclosure of Medical Errors and Risk Mitigation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 358-362

  Moffatt Bruce, Susan D ^a   Ferdinand, Francis D ^b   Fann, James I ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; STAFF TRAINING; SURGEON; ETHICS; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978402454     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.033     Document Type: Article

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