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Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism.

July 6, 2005

Banja JD. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2005. ISBN: 0763783617.

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This book chronicles the issues surrounding appropriate disclosure of medical errors by health care professionals. The author shares the personal challenges that prevent providers from engaging in these often uncomfortable conversations and offers a series of practical recommendations for doing so properly.

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