We meant no harm, yet we made a mistake; why not apologize for it? A student's view.

Dominic E. Sanford; David A. Fleming

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We meant no harm, yet we made a mistake; why not apologize for it? A student's view.

December 4, 2016

Sanford DE, Fleming DA. HEC Forum. 2010;22(2):159-69.

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A medical student recounts a resuscitation in conflict with a patient's documented advance directive and discusses the importance of communicating with the family to disclose the error.

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