Open AccessTalking with Patients about Other Clinicians' Errors
Author(s) -
Thomas H. Gallagher,
Michelle M. Mello,
Wendy Levinson,
Matthew K. Wynia,
Ajit K. Sachdeva,
Lois Snyder Sulmasy,
Robert D. Truog,
James Conway,
Kathleen M. Mazor,
Alan Lembitz,
Sigall K. Bell,
Lauge SokolHessner,
Jo Shapiro,
Ann-Louise Puopolo,
Robert M. Arnold
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsb1303119
Subject(s) - medicine , medline , intensive care medicine , medical physics , law , political science
The authors discuss the challenges facing a clinician who discovers that her patient has been harmed by another health care worker's medical error. They provide guidance to help clinicians and institutions disclose such errors to patients.
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