A gap exists between recommendations to disclose errors to patients and current practice. This gap may reflect important, yet unanswered questions about implementing disclosure principles. We explore some of these unanswered questions by presenting three real cases that pose challenging disclosure dilemmas. The first case involves a pancreas transplant that failed due to the pancreas graft bein...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine undergraduate medical students' perceptions and intentions regarding patient safety during clinical clerkships. METHODS Cross-sectional study administered in face-to-face interviews using modified the Medical Student Safety Attitudes and Professionalism Survey (MSSAPS) from three colleges of medicine in Korea. We assessed medical students' p...

BACKGROUND Human errors in healthcare delivery pose serious threats to patients undergoing treatment. While clinical concern is growing in response, there is need to report social and behavioural context of the problem in Nigeria. OBJECTIVE To examine patients' knowledge and perceived reactions to medical errors. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a semi-structured questio...

background: hospitals have responsibility for responding to legitimate demands for release of health information while protecting the confidentiality of the patient health records. there have always been challenges concerning medical records confidentiality and their disclosure and release type in medical record departments. this study investigated and compared laws and policies of disclosure o...