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Taking the blame: appropriate responses to medical error.
February 22, 2019
Tigard DW. J Med Ethics. 2019;45(2):101-105.
Balancing between explicit calls for accountability for error and constructive discussion of mistakes in health care is challenging. This editorial discusses blame in the context of medical errors and suggests that healthy acceptance of responsibility for error enables the disclosure and apology needed to generate healing and learning.
