A risk management program based on full disclosure and trust: Does everyone win?
Tóm tắt
When a patient is harmed by an error or negligence, hospitals tend to treat the patient as a threat. There is now theoretical and experiential evidence that fulldisclosure, apology and fair compensation may protect all parties at lower cost.
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