Apology Laws and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
In 2000, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” a report on the woeful state of patient safety in American hospitals.1 This alarming study not only forced the medical establishment to acknowledge the extent and consequences of human error; it spu...
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Columbia University Libraries
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Voices in Bioethics |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/article/view/6482 |