Coming clean on medical mistakes.

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Coming clean on medical mistakes.

April 4, 2007

Talaga T, Cribb R. Toronto Star. March 19, 2007.

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This article discusses disclosure of medical errors and shares stories from several Canadian hospitals on their policies for disclosing adverse events.

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