MANAGERS at the Royal Bolton Hospital are sitting a little uneasily at their desks at the moment. As the questions mount over how and why waiting list figures were incorrectly reported, no-one is ...

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Hospitals Can Break the "Wall of Silence" Using CANDOR Toolkit by Bidita Debnath on May 25 2016 2:02 AM Countless feats of healing and caring happen every day inside the walls of America's hospitals.

A new toolkit for hospitals aims to break down the 'wall of silence' that often rises after something goes wrong in a patient's care. Created by AHRQ, it's based in part on an approach that's been ...

When I was a psychiatric resident, my house burned down. I lost a beloved pet and most of my possessions, and moved into a motel. I subsequently developed a number of disturbing symptoms: flashback… ...

An article in this month's Annals of Internal Medicine discusses what physicians should do when a colleague acts unethically towards a patient. This dynamic, however, isn't exclusive to medicine. All ...