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Emotional harm from disrespect: the neglected preventable harm.

Sokol-Hessner L, Folcarelli PH, Sands KEF. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Jun 17; [Epub ahead of print].

Little progress has been made in efforts to categorize and record the impact of emotional harm resulting from medical care. In this commentary, authors incorporate emotional harms in a preventable harm framework to provide an enhanced approach to investigate and address this issue.

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