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Wisdom in medicine: what helps physicians after a medical error?
September 23, 2015
Plews-Ogan M, May NB, Owens J, et al. Academic Medicine. 2015;91(2).
This interview study with second victims—physicians who had made a serious medical error—found that although the majority disclosed the error to patient or family, less than 10% had received disclosure training. Disclosure and apology, forgiveness, and preventing recurrence helped physicians cope with medical errors.
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