Friday, November 1, 2013

Morning Break: Paying for Dead Patients, Medical Errors Published: Nov 1, 2013 By MedPage Today Staff

A piece in the New England Journal of Medicine tackles the thorny issue of confronting a colleague or referring physician about medical errors they made. They say this confrontation needs to happen -- awkward as it may be. "Only a collective approach to accountability can fully meet the needs of patients and families after harmful medical errors," the authors wrote.

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