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Title:

Taking the blame: appropriate responses to medical error.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Tigard, Daniel W
Abstract:
Medical errors are all too common. Ever since a report issued by the Institute of Medicine raised awareness of this unfortunate reality, an emerging theme has gained prominence in the literature on medical error. Fears of blame and punishment, it is often claimed, allow errors to remain undisclosed. Accordingly, modern healthcare must shift away from blame towards a culture of safety in order to effectively reduce the occurrence of error. Against this shift, I argue that it would serve the medic...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
J Med Ethics
Year:
2019
Journal volume:
45
Journal issue:
2
Pages contribution:
101-105
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1136/medethics-2017-104687
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30413557
Print-ISSN:
0306-6800
TUM Institution:
Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin
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