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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.

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.

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.

STUDY

Professionalism: a necessary ingredient in a culture of safety.

DuPree E, Anderson R, McEvoy MD, Brodman M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:447-455.

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with…Gerald B. Hickson, MD.

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patient safety front and center.

Terry K. Hosp Health Netw. July 2011;85:38-40, 42.

REVIEW

Inpatient suicide: preventing a common sentinel event.

Tishler CL, Reiss NS. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2009;31:103-109.

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with...Sorrel King

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

COMMENTARY

The competent surgeon: individual accountability in the era of "systems" failure.

Whittemore AD. Ann Surg. 2009;250:357-362.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

10 things your hospital won't tell you.

Kapadia R. Smart Money. October 2006;15:112-114.

COMMENTARY

Nosocomial infection, the Deficit Reduction Act, and incentives for hospitals.

Graves N, McGowan JE Jr. JAMA. 2008;300:1577-1579.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The day Joy died.

Brandeland GP. Med Econ. 2006 Oct 20;83:50, 52-53.

BOOK/REPORT

Promoting Patient Safety: An Ethical Basis for Policy Deliberation.

Sharpe VA. Hasting Center Rep. 2003;33(suppl):S1-S20.

COMMENTARY

A medical error leads to tragedy: how do we inform the patient?

Baumrucker SJ. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2006;23:417-421.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When errors occur.

Wetzel TG. Hosp Health Netw. October 2010.

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with...Steven J. Spear, DBA, MS, MS

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. August 2009.

COMMENTARY

Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences.

Inouye SK, Brown CJ, Tinetti ME. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:2390-2393.

COMMENTARY

The Sorry Works! Coalition: making the case for full disclosure.

Wojcieszak D, Banja J, Houk C. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:344-350.

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