The attitudes and experiences of trainees regarding disclosing medical errors to patients.

Andrew A. White; Thomas H. Gallagher; Melissa J. Krauss; Jane Garbutt; Amy D. Waterman; Claiborne Dunagan; Victoria J. Fraser; Wendy Levinson; Eric B. Larson

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The attitudes and experiences of trainees regarding disclosing medical errors to patients.

March 19, 2008

White AA, Gallagher TH, Krauss MJ, et al. Acad Med. 2008;83(3):250-6.

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Most residents and medical students in this survey had witnessed a medical error, and a large proportion had disclosed an error to patients. However, few had received training in error disclosure.

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