Nurses frequently do not play a role in telling patients about serious medical errors, according to a recently released Joint Commission report. Hospital nurses surveyed for the report indicated that, ...

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The Oncologist's Duty to Provide Hope: Fact or Fiction? Along with improved safety measures and changes in the culture of medicine, communication is key to reducing the effect of medical errors and to ...