An overview of ethics and clinical ethics is presented in this review. The 4 main ethical
principles, that is beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, are defined and …

Medical errors are a serious public health problem and the third-leading cause of death after
heart disease and cancer. Every day, the health care professionals (HCPs) practice their …

Background Changes in adverse-event rates among Medicare patients with common
medical conditions and conditions requiring surgery remain largely unknown. Methods We …

Objective: With advancements in surgical equipment and procedures, human–system
interactions in operating rooms affect surgeon workload and performance. Workload was …

Background: Since 2001, the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) has fully
disclosed and offered compensation to patients for medical errors. Objective: To compare …

Hospital errors are a seemingly intractable problem and continuing threat to public health.
Errors resist intervention because too often the interventions deployed fail to address the …

In the past decade, hospitals and healthcare workers have become more familiar with
medical errors and the harm they can cause. As a result, incident investigation has become …

Objective To determine the frequency, root cause, and outcome of wrong-site and wrong-
patient procedures in the era of the Universal Protocol. Design Analysis of a prospective …

One way in which physicians can respond to a medical error is to apologize. Apologies—
statements that acknowledge an error and its consequences, take responsibility, and …

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