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Talking with patients and families about medical error : a guide for education and practice /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Truog, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Truth Disclosure.
Medical Errors.
Physician-Patient Relations.
Communication in medicine.
Physician and patient.
Medical errors.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Medical error through the eyes of clinicians, patients, and families
  • What is a medical error?
  • A brief overview of the patient safety movement
  • Communicating about adverse events and medical error
  • Supporting clinicians in disclosure : the coaching model
  • Practice-based learning for coaches and clinicians
  • Practical guidelines for disclosure
  • Learning through enacting
  • The broad spectrum of adverse events and medical error
  • Organizational strategies for improving disclosure practice
  • Future directions and closing thoughts.