Enlisting Patients to Reduce Medical Errors

Two recent reports on patient safety reinforce a compelling yet fairly obvious claim: doctors can reduce medical error by enlisting patients as participants in that process. Such a participation would mean more frank, proactive disclosure by healthcare professionals of the risks of medical error to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jennifer P Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2016-11-01
Series:Voices in Bioethics
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Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/article/view/5992