Talking with patients and families about medical error : a guide for education and practice / Robert D. Truog ... [et al.] ; foreword by Lucien L. Leape.
Contributor(s): Truog, Robert | Project Muse.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2011Description: xix, 172 p. : ill.ISBN: 9780801898044 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Communication in medicine | Medical errors | Physician and patient | Physician-Patient Relations | Medical errors | Truth DisclosureGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 610| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R729.8 .T35 2011 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005569 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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