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COMMENTARY

In Conversation with...Sorrel King

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

COMMENTARY

Apology for errors: whose responsibility?

Leape LL. Front Health Serv Manage. 2012;28:3-12.

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

Fixing America's hospitals.

Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.

STUDY

Disclosure of hospital adverse events and its association with patients' ratings of the quality of care.

López L, Weissman JS, Schneider EC, Weingart SN, Cohen AP, Epstein AM. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1888-1894.

COMMENTARY

Ashamed to admit it: owning up to medical error.

Ofri D. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:1549-1551.

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with...Allan Frankel, MD

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2006.

STUDY

The many faces of error disclosure: a common set of elements and a definition.

Fein SP, Hilborne LH, Spiritus EM, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22:755-761.

COMMENTARY classic

Guilty, afraid, and alone — struggling with medical error.

Delbanco T, Bell SK. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:1682-1683.

COMMENTARY

A mediation skills model to manage disclosure of errors and adverse events to patients.

Liebman CB, Hyman CS. Health Aff (Millwood). July/Aug 2004;23:22-32.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

Cohen E. Empowered Patient. CNN.com. November 13, 2009.

COMMENTARY

Anatomy of an incident disclosure: the importance of dialogue.

Iedema R, Allen S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:435-442.

STUDY

Patients' concerns about medical errors during hospitalization.

Burroughs TE, Waterman AD, Gallagher TH, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:5-14.

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.

STUDY

Disclosure-and-resolution programs that include generous compensation offers may prompt a complex patient response.

Murtagh L, Gallagher TH, Andrew P, Mello MM. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012;31:2681-2689.

REVIEW

Aftermath of an adverse event: supporting health care professionals to meet patient expectations through open disclosure.

Manser T, Staender S. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2005;49:728-734.

COMMENTARY

Disclosing harmful pathology errors to patients.

Dintzis SM, Gallagher TH. Am J Clin Pathol. 2009;131:463-465.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion #520: disclosure and discussion of adverse events.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement and Committee on Professional Liability. Obstet Gynecol. 2012;119:686-689.

COMMENTARY

HIPAA and patient care: the role for professional judgment.

Lo B, Dornbrand L, Dubler NN. JAMA. 2005;293:1766-1771.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

"Sorry" works.

Murdock D. National Review Online. August 29, 2005.

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