Profiles in patient safety: when an error occurs.
Acad Emerg Med
; 11(7): 766-70, 2004 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-15231468
ABSTRACT
Medical error is now clearly established as one of the most significant problems facing the American health care system. Anecdotal evidence, studies of human cognition, and analysis of high-reliability organizations all predict that despite excellent training, human error is unavoidable. When an error occurs and is recognized, providers have a duty to disclose the error. Yet disclosure of error to patients, families, and hospital colleagues is a difficult and/or threatening process for most physicians. A more thorough understanding of the ethical and social contract between physicians and their patients as well as the professional milieu surrounding an error may improve the likelihood of its disclosure. Key among these is the identification of institutional factors that support disclosure and recognize error as an unavoidable part of the practice of medicine. Using a case-based format, this article focuses on the communication of error with patients, families, and colleagues and grounds error disclosure in the cultural milieu of medial ethics.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fenitoína
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Ácidos Ciclohexanocarboxílicos
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Neuropatías Diabéticas
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Medicina de Emergencia
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Ácido gamma-Aminobutírico
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Aminas
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Errores de Medicación
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Anticonvulsivantes
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acad Emerg Med
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos