Doctors' responses to medical errors

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-163

  Rowe, Michael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Litigation; Medical error; Medical uncertainty; Systemic error

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; CONSUMER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 9944258945     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2004.06.003     Document Type: Review

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