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Journal reporting of medical errors: the wisdom of Solomon, the bravery of Achilles, and the foolishness of Pan.
Murphy JG, Stee L, McEvoy MT, Oshiro J. Chest. 2007;131:890-896.

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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