Health plan members' views about disclosure of medical errors.

Kathleen M. Mazor; Steven R. Simon; Robert A. Yood; Brian C. Martinson; Margaret J. Gunter; George Reed; Jerry H. Gurwitz

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Health plan members' views about disclosure of medical errors.

March 6, 2005

Mazor KM, Simon SR, Yood RA, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140(6):409-18.

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