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- Title
US and Canadian physicians' attitudes and experiences regarding disclosing errors to patients.
- Authors
Gallagher, Thomas H; Waterman, Amy D; Garbutt, Jane M; Kapp, Julie M; Chan, David K; Dunagan, W Claiborne; Fraser, Victoria J; Levinson, Wendy
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2006, Vol 166, Issue 15, p1605
- ISSN
0003-9926
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinte.166.15.1605