US and Canadian Physicians' Attitudes and Experiences Regarding Disclosing Errors to Patients | Zendy

Thomas H. Gallagher | Zendy; Amy D. Waterman | Zendy; Jane Garbutt | Zendy; Julie M. Kapp | Zendy; David Chan | Zendy; W. Claiborne Dunagan | Zendy; Victoria J. Fraser | Zendy; Wendy Levinson | Zendy

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US and Canadian Physicians' Attitudes and Experiences Regarding Disclosing Errors to Patients

Author(s) -

Thomas H. Gallagher,

Amy D. Waterman,

Jane Garbutt,

Julie M. Kapp,

David Chan,

W. Claiborne Dunagan,

Victoria J. Fraser,

Wendy Levinson

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.166.15.1605

Subject(s) - malpractice , odds , odds ratio , medicine , specialty , family medicine , full disclosure , feeling , transparency (behavior) , patient safety , psychology , social psychology , logistic regression , health care , law , political science , computer security , computer science

Patients are often not told about harmful medical errors. The malpractice environment is considered a major determinant of physicians' willingness to disclose errors to patients. Yet, little is known about the malpractice environment's actual effect on physicians' error disclosure attitudes and experiences.

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