Who Said Medicine Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry?
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.3810/psm.2005.12.265.
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Abstract
Your mother said it, your teachers reiterated it, and you've heard it countless times: Everyone makes mistakes. So why do we doctors have such difficulty admitting that? More important, how do we respond to our patients after we make mistakes?