When a surgical colleague makes an error.

Antiel RM, Blinman TA, Rentea, RM et al. Pediatrics. 2016;137:e20153828.

Physicians have become more comfortable with recognizing and disclosing errors to patients in the past few decades, but speaking up about a peer's error remains challenging. Discussing a case involving a surgeon discovering a serious mistake made by a colleague, this commentary provides insights from surgical and bioethics experts on how to address the situation.