Don't abandon the "second victims" of medical errors.

Judy L. Smetzer

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Don't abandon the "second victims" of medical errors.

September 19, 2016

Smetzer JL. Nursing (Brux). 2012;42(2):54-8.

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This commentary emphasizes the importance of developing a crisis management plan to support clinicians involved in medical error.

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