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Disclosing Medical Errors to Patients: It's Not What You Say, Its What They Hear
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 07/13/09

Wu AW et al. - Patients will probably respond more favorably to physicians who apologize and accept responsibility for medical errors than those who do not apologize or give ambiguous responses. Patient perceptions of what is said may be more important than what is actually said. Desire to sue may not be affected despite a full apology and acceptance of responsibility.

Medical Food for Treatment of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and State Legislative Mandates
Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 11/16/09 Relevance Score: 68%

Mandatory Reporting of Medical Errors: Crafting Policy and Integrating It Into Practice
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 10/13/09 Relevance Score: 68%

The Influence that Electronic Prescribing Has on Medication Errors and Preventable Adverse Drug Events: an Interrupted Time-series Study
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Selected Medical Errors in the ICU: Results of the IATROREF Study (Parts I and II)
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 11/03/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Barriers to the reporting of medication administration errors among nursing students
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 67%