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When a Surgical Colleague Makes an Error.

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Antiel, RM; Blinman, TA; Rentea, RM; Gonzalez, KW; Knott, EM; Juang, D; Oyetunji, T; Holcomb, GW; Angelos, P; Lantos, JD
Published in: Pediatrics
March 2016

Professionalism requires that doctors acknowledge their errors and figure out how to avoid making similar ones in the future. Over the last few decades, doctors have gotten better at acknowledging mistakes and apologizing to patients when a mistake happens. Such disclosure is especially complicated when one becomes aware of an error made by a colleague. We present a case in which consultant surgeons became aware that a colleague seemed to have made a serious error. Experts in surgery and bioethics comment on appropriate responses to this situation.

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Published In

Pediatrics

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EISSN

1098-4275

Publication Date

March 2016

Volume

137

Issue

3

Start / End Page

e20153828

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Physicians
  • Pediatrics
  • Medical Errors
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Hirschsprung Disease
  • Disease Management
  • Disclosure
  • Digestive System Surgical Procedures
  • Clinical Competence
 

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Antiel, R. M., Blinman, T. A., Rentea, R. M., Gonzalez, K. W., Knott, E. M., Juang, D., … Lantos, J. D. (2016). When a Surgical Colleague Makes an Error. Pediatrics, 137(3), e20153828. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2015-3828
Antiel, Ryan M., Thane A. Blinman, Rebecca M. Rentea, Katherine W. Gonzalez, E Marty Knott, David Juang, Tolulope Oyetunji, G. W. Holcomb, Peter Angelos, and John D. Lantos. “When a Surgical Colleague Makes an Error.Pediatrics 137, no. 3 (March 2016): e20153828. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2015-3828.
Antiel RM, Blinman TA, Rentea RM, Gonzalez KW, Knott EM, Juang D, et al. When a Surgical Colleague Makes an Error. Pediatrics. 2016 Mar;137(3):e20153828.
Antiel, Ryan M., et al. “When a Surgical Colleague Makes an Error.Pediatrics, vol. 137, no. 3, Mar. 2016, p. e20153828. Pubmed, doi:10.1542/peds.2015-3828.
Antiel RM, Blinman TA, Rentea RM, Gonzalez KW, Knott EM, Juang D, Oyetunji T, Holcomb GW, Angelos P, Lantos JD. When a Surgical Colleague Makes an Error. Pediatrics. 2016 Mar;137(3):e20153828.

Published In

Pediatrics

DOI

EISSN

1098-4275

Publication Date

March 2016

Volume

137

Issue

3

Start / End Page

e20153828

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Physicians
  • Pediatrics
  • Medical Errors
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Hirschsprung Disease
  • Disease Management
  • Disclosure
  • Digestive System Surgical Procedures
  • Clinical Competence