Full disclosure of adverse events to patients and families in the ICU: wouldn't you want to know?

Elaine Doucette; Sarina Fazio; Vanessa LaSalle; Christina Malcius; Jaclyn Mills; Taunia Rifai Archer; Jocelyne St-Laurent

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Full disclosure of adverse events to patients and families in the ICU: wouldn't you want to know?

October 6, 2010

Doucette E, Fazio S, LaSalle V, et al. Dynamics. 2010;21(3):16-9.

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This article reports how nurses followed Canadian Disclosure Guidelines in disclosing sentinel events to patients and families and describes the benefits of using such guidelines for these discussions.

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