Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 287-292, March 2002

Coping with medical mistakes and errors in judgment☆

  • Richard M. Goldberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County+University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Gloria Kuhn, DO

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth Health System, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
    • ,
  • Louise B. Andrew, MD, JD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Professional Well-Being, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Harold A. Thomas Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR.

Received 19 March 2001; received in revised form 27 September 2001 and 13 November 2001; accepted 2 December 2001.

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☆ Address for reprints: Richard M. Goldberg, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County+University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033; 323-226-6676, fax 310-540-2939; E-mail rgoldber@hsc.usc.edu

PII: S0196-0644(02)29989-8

doi:10.1067/mem.2002.121995

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 287-292, March 2002

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