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STUDY
How experiencing preventable medical problems changed patients' interactions with primary health care.
Elder NC, Jacobson CJ, Zink T, Hasse L. Ann Fam Med. 2005;3:537-544.
COMMENTARY
Healthcare in a land called PeoplePower: nothing about me without me.
Delbanco T, Berwick DM, Boufford JI, et al. Health Expect. 2001;4:144-150.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Collaborating and Acting Responsibly to Ensure Safety (CARES) Alliance.
Covidien.
COMMENTARY
Guilty, afraid, and alone — struggling with medical error.
Delbanco T, Bell SK. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:1682-1683.
REVIEW
Narrative review: do state laws make it easier to say "I'm sorry?"
McDonnell WM, Guenther E. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:811-815.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Medical errors still claiming many lives.
Weise E. USA Today. May 18, 2005.
BOOK/REPORT
Risk Management Pearls on Disclosure of Adverse Events.
Amori G. Chicago, IL: American Society for Healthcare Risk Management; 2006.
TOOLKIT
Strategies for Leadership: Patient- and Family-Centered Care.
Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association; 2004.
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The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine.
Dallas, TX: American College of Emergency Physicians.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.
Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.
COMMENTARY
Language barriers to health care in the United States.
Flores G. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:229-231.
TOOLKIT
Partnering with Patients and Families to Enhance Safety and Quality: A Mini Toolkit.
Bethesda, MD: Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care; 2011.
STUDY
Am I safe here? Improving patients' perceptions of safety in hospitals.
Wolosin RJ, Vercler L, Matthews JL. J Nurs Care Qual. 2006;21:30-38.
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Failure to engage hospitalized elderly patients and their families in advance care planning.
Heyland DK, Barwich D, Pichora D, et al; ACCEPT (Advance Care Planning Evaluation in Elderly Patients) Study Team; Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network (CARENET). JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:778-787.
BOOK/REPORT
When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events.
A Consensus Statement of the Harvard Hospitals. Burlington: Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors; 2006.
NEWSLETTER/JOURNAL
Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare.
Marietta, GA: Lionheart Publishing, Inc. ISSN: 1553-6637.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety Handbook, Second Edition.
Youngberg BJ, ed. Jones & Bartlett Learning: Sudbuery MA; 2013. ISBN: 9780763774042.
STUDY
How does routine disclosure of medical error affect patients' propensity to sue and their assessment of provider quality?: Evidence from survey data.
Helmchen LA, Richards MR, McDonald TB. Med Care. 2010;48:955-961.
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Anesthesia Awareness Registry.
American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Professional Liability.
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Patient Safety: Here for the Health of Texas.
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555.
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