Do you admit medical errors to patients?
Posted by Sean Keating on November 13th, 2007. Filed under: patient relations, disclosure policy, medical error, patient safety, transparency.
Have you apologized to a patient after making a medical error? Would you be less likely to apologize and admit responsibility if it was a serious medical error?
The Memphis Commercial Appeal has an article Dr. Manoj Jain, chairman of the Healthy Memphis Common Table Community Partners Council and an infectious-disease physician, looking at this issue. Jain believes that disclosing errors is a must to maintain the long-term trust of a patient. continues…
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