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Bearing witness to the ethics of practice: storying physicians' medical mistake narratives.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20677048     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Medical mistakes are often referred to as the "hidden epidemic" of health because doctors, patients, and hospital administrators remain silent about mistakes. This study relies on in-depth interviews to explore how physicians story their medical mistake experiences. Narrative theory is used to understand how these physicians story the complexity of medical mistakes, highlighting how these physicians bear witness to medical mistakes by sharing and listening to medical mistake narratives. Moreover, this study showcases the implications of how practitioners and scholars bear witness to the oft-times emotional telling and retelling of health narratives.
Authors:
Heather J Carmack
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Health communication     Volume:  25     ISSN:  1532-7027     ISO Abbreviation:  Health Commun     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-02     Completed Date:  2010-12-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8908762     Medline TA:  Health Commun     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  449-58     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Communication, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, USA. heathercarmack@missouristate.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anecdotes as Topic
Female
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Medical Errors*
Medicine
Narration*
Physicians / ethics*
Truth Disclosure / ethics*

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