Building bridges: future directions for medical error disclosure research.

Annegret F Hannawa; Howard Beckman; Kathleen M Mazor; Norbert Paul; Joanne Ramsey V

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Building bridges: future directions for medical error disclosure research.

July 24, 2013

Hannawa AF, Beckman H, Mazor KM, et al. Patient Educ Couns. 2013;92(3):319-327.

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According to this report of an expert panel discussion, error disclosure research should emphasize translating findings into practice and interdisciplinary collaboration between medicine, ethics, and the law.

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