Transforming the culture of medical error disclosure: 4 takeaways To learn how to improve physician error disclosure rates, researchers could benefit from looking into social psychology literature, ...
True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse than ...
We all make mistakes. It’s one of the first lessons we learn in childhood. But, as we come to understand, some mistakes have ...
Credit: Getty Images. The discovery evidence in this case, particularly the deposition evidence, made it clear that the plaintiff had a strong case against the hospital. Mistakes happen. They happen ...
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Medical errors

The spectre of medical errors is a critically important subject, one that is as old as organised medical practice itself. What is striking, however, is not merely their longevity but their alarming ...