Disclosure through our eyes.

Sue Sheridan; Nancy Conrad; Sorrel King; Jennifer Dingman; Charles R. Denham

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Disclosure through our eyes.

March 19, 2008

Sheridan S, Conrad N, King S, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;4(1):18-26.

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This article relates personal experiences of medical errors and offers a powerful message to providers by discussing how disclosure might have influenced family members' healing in the aftermath of these preventable incidents.

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