Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients.

نویسندگان

  • Thomas H Gallagher
  • David Studdert
  • Wendy Levinson
چکیده

From the Department of Medicine and the Department of Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington, Seattle (T.H.G.); the Melbourne Law School and the School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (D.S.); and the University of Toronto, Toronto (W.L.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Gallagher at the Department of Medicine, University of Washington, P.O. Box 354981, Seattle, WA 98105-4608, or at [email protected].

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The New England journal of medicine

دوره 356 26  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007