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We meant no harm, yet we made a mistake; why not apologize for it? A student's view.
Sanford DE, Fleming DA. HEC Forum. 2010;22:159-169.

A medical student recounts a resuscitation in conflict with a patient's documented advance directive and discusses the importance of communicating with the family to disclose the error.
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