Getting it right when things go wrong.

Christian M. Pettker; Edmund F. Funai

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Getting it right when things go wrong.

March 17, 2010

Pettker CM, Funai EF. JAMA. 2010;303(10):977-8.

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This brief commentary discusses the relationship between blame, accountability, and just culture, as well as support for clinicians involved in errors.

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