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Wisdom in medicine: what helps physicians after a medical error?

Plews-Ogan M, May N, Owens J, Ardelt M, Shapiro J, Bell SK. Acad Med. 2015 Sep 4; [Epub ahead of print].

This interview study with second victims—physicians who had made a serious medical error—found that although the majority disclosed the error to patient or family, less than 10% had received disclosure training. Disclosure and apology, forgiveness, and preventing recurrence helped physicians cope with medical errors.

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