To Tell the Truth Ethical and Practical Issues in Disclosing Medical Mistakes to Patients

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Wiley InterScience

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volume 12 Issue 12, Pages 770 - 775

Published Online: 28 Feb 2002

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To Tell the Truth Ethical and Practical Issues in Disclosing Medical Mistakes to Patients

Albert W. Wu MD, MPH , Thomas A. Cavanaugh PhD , Stephen J. McPhee MD , Bernard Lo MD & Guy P. Micco MD

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management School of Hygiene and Public Health, and the Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., ² Department of Philosophy, University of San Francisco, Calif., ³ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Correspondence to: Dr. Wu :