Journal reporting of medical errors: the wisdom of Solomon, the bravery of Achilles, and the foolishness of Pan.

Joseph G. Murphy; LeAnn Stee; Marian T. McEvoy; June Oshiro

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Journal reporting of medical errors: the wisdom of Solomon, the bravery of Achilles, and the foolishness of Pan.

March 28, 2007

Murphy JG, Stee LA, McEvoy MT, et al. Chest. 2007;131(3):890-896.

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The authors discuss medical errors, motivations for error reporting, and barriers to publication regarding mistakes. They suggest a model for sharing errors via peer-reviewed methods.

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