BACKGROUND Patients are often not told about harmful medical errors. The malpractice environment is considered a major determinant of physicians' willingness to disclose errors to patients. Yet, little is known about the malpractice environment's actual effect on physicians' error disclosure attitudes and experiences. METHODS Mailed survey of 2637 physicians (62.9% response rate) in the Unite...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the behaviour of physicians in cases of medical error as well as the nature of the information that should be given to the patient and to ascertain whether it is possible to institute a full error disclosure policy. Data was collected through the completion of anonymous questionnaires by medical directors of the IRCCS CROB (the Oncology Centre...

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QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY/PRINCIPLES Medical errors are prevalent, but physicians commonly lack the training and skills to disclose them to their patients. Existing research has yielded a set of verbal messages physicians should communicate during error disclosures. However, considering the emotional message contents, patients likely derive much of the meaning from physicians' nonverbal behaviours....

BACKGROUND Although physicians believe that medical errors should be disclosed to patients and their families, they often hesitate to do so. In this study, we assessed the effectiveness of an education program for medical error disclosure. METHODS In 2015, six medical interns and 79 fourth-year medical students participated in this study. The education program included practice of error discl...

OBJECTIVE To assess parental preferences for medical error disclosure and evaluate associated factors. DESIGN Prospective survey. SETTING Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. PARTICIPANTS Parents of inpatients and outpatients. MAIN EXPOSURE Anonymous questionnaire administered on May to August 2006, surveying demographic characteristics and identifying parents' thresholds for di...