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Another surgeon's error: must you tell the patient?

Moffatt-Bruce SD, Denlinger CE, Sade RM. Another surgeon's error: must you tell the patient? Ann Thorac Surg. 2014;98(2):396-401. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.073.

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October 15, 2014
Moffatt-Bruce SD, Denlinger CE, Sade RM. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014;98(2):396-401.
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A general consensus exists that physicians should disclose their own errors, but the responsibility of reporting colleagues' errors to patients and their families is not as clearly understood. This commentary uses a case example to illustrate perspectives for both sides of the debate surrounding the ethics of this issue.

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Moffatt-Bruce SD, Denlinger CE, Sade RM. Another surgeon's error: must you tell the patient? Ann Thorac Surg. 2014;98(2):396-401. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.073.

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