Medical error disclosure: the gap between attitude and practice.

Seyedeh Mojgan Ghalandarpoorattar; Ahmad Kaviani; Fariba Asghari

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Medical error disclosure: the gap between attitude and practice.

April 4, 2012

Ghalandarpoorattar SM, Kaviani A, Asghari F. Postgrad Med J. 2012;88(1037):130-3.

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Attending surgeons and surgical residents in Iran cited concerns about malpractice litigation and fear of losing patients' trust as reasons why they did not disclose errors to patients.

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