Medical error, malpractice and complications: a moral geography.

David M. Zientek

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Medical error, malpractice and complications: a moral geography.

August 5, 2010

Zientek DM. HEC Forum. 2010;22(2):145-57.

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In the context of errors, malpractice, and complications, this commentary navigates ethical principles and clinician responsibilities to affected patients and families.

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