TRUST: the 5 rights of the second victim.

Charles R. Denham

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TRUST: the 5 rights of the second victim.

June 27, 2007

Denham CR. J Patient Saf. 2008;3(2).

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The author discusses the psychological impact of medical error on clinicians and shares interviews with several patient safety experts on this topic. He proposes a list of five rights to which caregivers are entitled following an unintentional error.

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