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Saying Sorry When Things Go Wrong [pdf]

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Re: Saying Sorry When Things Go Wrong [pdf]

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Post by jbob2000 »

valbaca wrote: post #4

I'm sorry, but what's the point of this?

In the US, doctors will not tell you if they made a mistake and caused your condition to worsen, or if the mistake caused the death of your loved one.

In the UK, doctors are allowed (and by the looks of this memo, expressly encouraged) to inform the patient of their mistakes and to apologize.

Re: Saying Sorry When Things Go Wrong [pdf]

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Post by smcg »

Note that the above is a UK publication and the laws around apologies are different in other countries. This document I have here (1996, pdf) is a rather good journal article on the subject for US legalities. http://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti...

tl;dr apologies are usually a good thing in your personal life and can prevent litigation in legal matters and are rarely admissible as proof of guilt. I am not a lawyer.

Re: Saying Sorry When Things Go Wrong [pdf]

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Post by jslampe »

jbob2000 wrote: post #5
valbaca wrote: post #4

I'm sorry, but what's the point of this?

In the US, doctors will not tell you if they made a mistake and caused your condition to worsen, or if the mistake caused the death of your loved one. In the UK, doctors are allowed (and by the looks of this memo, expressly encouraged) to inform the patient of their mistakes and to apologize.

I believe he was being facetious.
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