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Hospitals slow to adopt patient apology policies.

Rice S. Modern Healthc. August 15, 2015.

Communication-and-resolution approaches to medical errors have garnered support from organizations and patients. This magazine article discusses why, despite documented success, the implementation of thisapology and compensation strategy have not yet been established throughout health care.

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