The Sorry Works! Coalition: making the case for full disclosure.

Doug Wojcieszak; John Banja; Carole Houk

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The Sorry Works! Coalition: making the case for full disclosure.

June 7, 2006

Wojcieszak D, Banja J, Houk C. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2016;32(6).

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The authors describe the work of The Sorry Works! Coalition, which aims to minimize the stress and cost associated with medical error by promoting full disclosure and apology.

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