Choosing your words carefully: how physicians would disclose harmful medical errors to patients.

H Gallagher, Thomas; M Garbutt, Jane; D Waterman, Amy; R Flum, David; B Larson, Eric; M Waterman, Brian; Claiborne Dunagan, W; J Fraser, Victoria; Levinson, Wendy

doi:10.1001/archinte.166.15.1585

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Choosing your words carefully: how physicians would disclose harmful medical errors to patients.

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Authors:

Thomas H Gallagher

Jane M Garbutt

Amy D Waterman

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A gap exists between patients' desire to be told about medical errors and present practice. Little is known about how physicians approach disclosure. The objective of the present study was to describe how physicians disclose errors to patients. METHODS: Mailed survey of 2637 medical and ...

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