| Putting a face on medical errors: a patient perspective. | |
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PMID: 21733023 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Knowledge of the patient's perspective on medical error is limited. Research efforts have centered on how best to disclose error and how patients desire to have medical error disclosed. On the basis of a qualitative descriptive component of a mixed method study, a purposive sample of 30 community members told their stories of medical error. Their experiences focused on lack of communication, missed communication, or provider's poor interpersonal style of communication, greatly contrasting with the formal definition of error as failure to follow a set standard of care. For these participants, being a patient was more important than error or how an error is disclosed. The patient's understanding of error must be a key aspect of any quality improvement strategy. |
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Authors:
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Sarah Kooienga; Valerie T Stewart |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-11-11 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality Volume: 33 ISSN: 1945-1474 ISO Abbreviation: J Healthc Qual Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-07-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9202994 Medline TA: J Healthc Qual Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 37-41 Citation Subset: H |
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© 2010 National Association for Healthcare Quality. |
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Washington State University College of Nursing, Vancouver, WA Women and Children's Research Center, Portland, OR. |
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