Disclosing medical errors to patients: a challenge for health care professionals and institutions.

Wendy Levinson

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Disclosing medical errors to patients: a challenge for health care professionals and institutions.

October 21, 2009

Levinson W. Patient Educ Couns. 2009;76(3):296-9.

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This article provides background on disclosure, what patients expect, and how policies can hamper or support efforts to implement disclosure programs.

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