Journal of general internal medicine
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Multicenter Study
Disclosing medical errors to patients: attitudes and practices of physicians and trainees.
Disclosing errors to patients is an important part of patient care, but the prevalence of disclosure, and factors affecting it, are poorly understood. ⋯ There appears to be a gap between physicians' attitudes and practices regarding error disclosure. Willingness to disclose errors was associated with higher training level and a variety of patient-centered attitudes, and it was not lessened by previous exposure to malpractice litigation.