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SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

The Medical Apology: Making It Right When Things Go Wrong.

Schulte MF, ed. Front Health Serv Manage. 2012;28:1-46.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical errors disclosure and apology.

Weiss PM, Koch S. Contemporary OB/GYN. June 2012;57:40-45.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical malpractice: why is it so hard for doctors to apologize?

Sanghavi D. Boston Globe Magazine. January 27, 2013.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

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

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The best medical care in the U.S.

Arnst C. Business Week. July 17, 2006.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Confronting a colleague who covers up a medical error.

Brody H. Am Fam Physician. 2006;73:1272, 1274.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Should you reveal nonharmful mistakes to patients?

Yasgur BS. Medscape Business of Medicine. December 6, 2012.

STUDY

On higher ground: ethical reasoning and its relationship with error disclosure.

Cole AP, Block L, Wu AW. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013 Mar 1; [Epub ahead of print].

COMMENTARY

Constitutional arguments in favor of modifying the HCQIA to allow the dissemination of physician information to healthcare consumers.

Chernitsky LA. Wash Lee Law Rev. Spring 2006;63:737-776.

STUDY

Health plan members' views about disclosure of medical errors.

Mazor KM, Simon SR, Yood RA, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:409-418.

STUDY

How trainees would disclose medical errors: educational implications for training programmes.

White AA, Bell SK, Krauss MJ, et al. Med Educ. 2011;45:372-380.

COMMENTARY

Ashamed to admit it: owning up to medical error.

Ofri D. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:1549-1551.

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

Hospitals study when to apologize to patients.

Kowalczyk L. The Boston Globe. July 24, 2005.

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

Surgical complications: disclosing adverse events and medical errors.

Wang AS, Eisen DB. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2013;68:144-146.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When doctors say, "We're sorry."

Eisenberg D. Time Magazine. August 15, 2005;166:50.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A pinpoint beam strays invisibly, harming instead of healing.

Bogdanich W, Rebelo K. New York Times. December 28, 2010;A1.

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