Thinking ethically about medical mistakes.

Martin L. Smith

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Thinking ethically about medical mistakes.

June 3, 2013

Smith ML. J Child Neurol. 2013;28(6):809-11.

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This commentary discusses ethics in health care, including physicians' responsibility to prevent medical mistakes and to disclose and apologize after an error.

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