Medical error in the care of the unrepresented: disclosure and apology for a vulnerable patient population
Defined as patients who ‘lack decision-making capacity and a surrogate decision-maker’, the unrepresented (sometimes referred to as the ‘unbefriended’, ‘isolated patients’ and/or ‘patients without surrogates’) present a major quandary to clinicians and ethicists, especially in handling errors made i...
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| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
2019
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 45, Issue: 12, Pages: 821-823 |
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