Admitting mistakes reduces errors: Montreal hospital
Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 14:35
in Health & Medicine
Montreal's Jewish General Hospital says a full-disclosure policy regarding mistakes made during patient care is responsible for a 50 per cent drop in adverse incidents over the past three years.
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