Article-at-a-Glance Background Being involved in medical errors can compound the job-
related stress many physicians experience. The impact of errors on physicians was …

OBJECTIVE: Involvement in errors often results in serious health effects, emotional distress,
as well as performance and work-related consequences in staff members, in particular …

ContextMedical errors are associated with feelings of distress in physicians, but little is
known about the magnitude and direction of these associations. ObjectiveTo assess the …

Objectives Making a medical error can have serious implications for clinician well-being,
affecting the quality and safety of patient care. Despite an advancing literature base, cross …

Objective: To describe how errors personally affect medical professionals, barriers to the
implementation of provider support programs, and key issues for hospital leaders to …

Background Collecting data on medical errors is essential for improving patient safety, but
factors affecting error reporting by physicians are poorly understood. Methods Survey of …

Background Previous research has established health professionals as secondary victims of
medical error, with the identification of a range of emotional and psychological …

Context Despite the best efforts of health care practitioners, medical errors are inevitable.
Disclosure of errors to patients is desired by patients and recommended by ethicists and …

Purpose To determine emergency medicine residents' emotional and behavioral responses
to their medical errors and examine associations between residents' responses to medical …

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between burnout and perceived major medical errors
among American surgeons. Background: Despite efforts to improve patient safety, medical …