What is it about?

A survey completed by 3,171 of the 4,990 eligible physicians in internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, and surgery (64% response rate) examined how errors affected five work and life domains.

Featured Image

Why is it important?

Many physicians experience significant emotional distress and job-related stress following serious errors and near misses. Organizational resources to support physicians after errors should be improved.

Read the Original

This page is a summary of: The Emotional Impact of Medical Errors on Practicing Physicians in the United States and Canada, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, August 2007, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33050-x.
You can read the full text:

Read

Resources

Contributors

The following have contributed to this page