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Mistakes were made (by me).

October 18, 2017

Manesh R. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177(10).

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This commentary reviews three mistakes the author made while caring for patients and the different responses regarding disclosure of these errors from peers, patients, and mentors. The author advocates for openly sharing mistakes with others to serve as an opportunity to learn from errors.

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