Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Skip to main content
Commentary
Classic

Facing our mistakes.

Hilfiker D. Facing our mistakes. N Engl J Med. 1984;310(2):118-22.

Save
Print
February 18, 2011
Hilfiker D. N Engl J Med. 1984;310(2):118-22.
View more articles from the same authors.
In this piece, Dr. Hilfiker shares his personal experience with medical error. He describes the emotional toll of these mistakes and the difficulty processing them given the lack of “permission” to discuss these events openly with either patients or colleagues. He concludes that the medical community needs to give itself permission to recognize errors and to find healthy ways to deal with these events.
Save
Print
Cite
Citation

Hilfiker D. Facing our mistakes. N Engl J Med. 1984;310(2):118-22.