Patient race/ethnicity, age, gender and education are not related to preference for or response to disclosure.

C Hobgood; J H Tamayo-Sarver; B Weiner

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Patient race/ethnicity, age, gender and education are not related to preference for or response to disclosure.

March 5, 2008

Hobgood C, Tamayo-Sarver JH, Weiner B. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17(1):65-70.

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This study surveyed patients and discovered fairly uniform preferences with respect to their wishes around error disclosure.

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