Shedding light on the dark side of doctor–patient interactions: verbal and nonverbal messages physicians communicate during error disclosures.

Annegret F. Hannawa

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Shedding light on the dark side of doctor–patient interactions: verbal and nonverbal messages physicians communicate during error disclosures.

September 9, 2011

Hannawa AF. Patient Educ Couns. 2011;84(3):344-351.

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This study analyzed hypothetical error disclosures by physicians to draw patterns of disclosure style that may have practice implications in teaching this important skill set.

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