Full disclosure of adverse events to patients and families in the ICU: wouldn't you want to know?
Doucette E, Fazio S, LaSalle V, et al. Full disclosure of adverse events to patients and families in the ICU: wouldn't you want to know? Dynamics. 2010;21(3):16-9.
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.