Ethical Issues Involved Disclosing Medical Errors

Disclosure of medical errors: physicians ... - BMC …

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In literature, oncologists agreed that medical errors should be disclosed. However, fear of legal litigation was one of the main barriers to error disclosure, as well as fear of negative reaction or distrust from their patients, and institutional pressure …

Ethics: Ethical Issues with Medical Errors: Shaping a …

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Ethical Issues Involved in Disclosing Medical Errors

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Ethical Issues Involved in Disclosing Medical Errors Pam R. Rajendran MEDICAL ERRORS ARE THE FIFTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE United States and …

Error Reporting and Disclosure - Patient Safety and …

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Physicians have argued that they should be responsible for disclosing errors to the patient. 93 This is borne out in some research that has shown that in practice, at least among …

Ethical Dilemmas With Disclosing Medical Errors

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Ethical Dilemmas With Disclosing Medical Errors Allegation. Case File. An ophthalmologist scheduled corrective surgery for a nine-year-old female patient who …

To tell the truth: ethical and practical issues in disclosing …

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Wu AW, Cavanaugh TA, McPhee SJ, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2003; 12(12). Physician organizations have long supported full disclosure of serious medical errors to …

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

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Due to unclear definitions, “medical errors” are difficult to scientifically measure. A lack of standardized nomenclature and overlapping definitions of …

The Best Response to Medical Errors?

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After UMHS started fully disclosing and compensating for medical errors, researchers found a decrease in liability claims and lawsuits, lower liability …

[Ethical dilemmas about disclosure of errors in medicine]

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Difficulties have been identified by health personnel to prevent, detect and disclose to patients the occurrence of a medical error, an also to report them to the appropriate …

Ethical Issues Involved in Disclosing Medical Errors

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When a medical error is not disclosed, those who witness the error must determine whether they should remain silent or reveal the error (Rajendran, 2001). …