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Title
Patients' and physicians' attitudes regarding the disclosure of medical errors.
Authors
Gallagher, Thomas H; Waterman, Amy D; Ebers, Alison G; Fraser, Victoria J; Levinson, Wendy
Abstract
Despite the best efforts of health care practitioners, medical errors are inevitable. Disclosure of errors to patients is desired by patients and recommended by ethicists and professional organizations, but little is known about how patients and physicians think medical errors should be discussed.