Always having to say you're sorry: an ethical response to making mistakes in professional practice.

Nancy J. Crigger

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Always having to say you're sorry: an ethical response to making mistakes in professional practice.

December 22, 2008

Crigger NJ. Nurs Ethics. 2004;11(6):568-76.

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This article addresses the nature of human fallibility in health care and examines ethical responses to mistakes.

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