Error Disclosure and Apology in Radiology: The Case for Further Dialogue

Stephen D Brown1, Michael A Bruno1, Jeffrey Y Shyu1

  • 1From the Department of Radiology and Institute for Professionalism and Ethical Practice, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (S.D.B.); Department of Radiology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa (M.A.B.); Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (J.Y.S.); Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (R.E.); Department of Radiology, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Mich (H.A.); Department of Radiology, Envision Physician Services, Plantation, Fla (H.A.); Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, Calif (A.N.); Department of Medicine and Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash (T.H.G.).

Radiology
|August 14, 2019
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