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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Too many abandon the "second victims" of medical errors.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 14, 2011;16:1-3.

COMMENTARY

Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients: tackling three tough cases.

Gallagher TH, Bell SK, Smith KM, Mello MM, McDonald TB. Chest. 2009;136:897-903.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Program encourages reporting accidents waiting to happen: the Good Catch Awards.

McCook A. Anesthesiology News. Sept 2011;37:9.

MISSOURI MEETING/CONFERENCE

The Second Victim Experience: Train-the-Trainer Workshop.

Center for Patient Safety. June 11, 2013; University of Missouri Health System Health System, Columbia, MO.

STUDY

Health care workers as second victims of medical errors.

Edrees HH, Paine LA, Feroli ER, Wu AW. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2011;121:101-108.

COMMENTARY

"Apologies" for pathologists: why, when, and how to say "sorry" after committing a medical error.

Dewar R, Parkash V, Forrow L, Truog R. Int J Surg Pathol. 2013 May 10; [Epub ahead of print].

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.

STUDY

Explaining ethnic disparities in patient safety: a qualitative analysis.

Suurmond J, Uiters E, De Bruijne MC, Stronks K, Essink-Bot ML. Am J Public Health. 2010;100 (suppl 1):S113-117.

STUDY

Peer support: healthcare professionals supporting each other after adverse medical events.

van Pelt F. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:249-252.

STUDY

The many faces of error disclosure: a common set of elements and a definition.

Fein SP, Hilborne LH, Spiritus EM, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22:755-761.

COMMENTARY

Disclosing medical mistakes: a communication management plan for physicians.

Petronio S, Torke A, Bosslet G, Isenberg S, Wocial L, Helft PR. Perm J. 2013;17:73-79.

COMMENTARY

How Do Providers Recover from Errors?

West CP. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Survive your doctor.

Holt TE. Men's Health. November 3, 2006.

COMMENTARY

Disruptive clinician behavior: a persistent threat to patient safety.

Porto G, Lauve R. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. July/August 2006;3:16-24.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Disruptive behavior affects hospital financial health.

Crane M. Medscape Medical News. December 11, 2010.

BOOK/REPORT classic

When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events.

A Consensus Statement of the Harvard Hospitals. Burlington: Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors; 2006.

COMMENTARY

Anatomy of an incident disclosure: the importance of dialogue.

Iedema R, Allen S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:435-442.

STUDY

Patients' concerns about medical errors during hospitalization.

Burroughs TE, Waterman AD, Gallagher TH, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:5-14.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

No bad apples.

Thrall TH. Hosp Health Netw. December 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.

Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.

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