The right to be informed and fear of disclosure: sustainability of a full error disclosure policy at an Italian cancer centre/clinic
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the behaviour of physicians in cases of medical error as well as the nature of the information that should be given to the patient and to ascertain whether it is possible to institute a full error disclosure policy. Data was collected through the...
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author | D’Errico, Stefano Pennelli, Sara Colasurdo, Antonio Prospero Frati, Paola Sicuro, Lorella Fineschi, Vittorio |
author_facet | D’Errico, Stefano Pennelli, Sara Colasurdo, Antonio Prospero Frati, Paola Sicuro, Lorella Fineschi, Vittorio |
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description | BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the behaviour of physicians in cases of medical error as well as the nature of the information that should be given to the patient and to ascertain whether it is possible to institute a full error disclosure policy. Data was collected through the completion of anonymous questionnaires by medical directors of the IRCCS CROB (the Oncology Centre of Basilicata, Italy). METHODS: An anonymous questionnaire consisting of 15 questions was prepared and administered to all the physicians working at the IRCCS CROB – the Oncology Centre of Basilicata. The main aim of the research was to evaluate the feasibility of adopting a full disclosure policy and the extent to which such a policy could help reduce administration and legal costs. RESULTS: The physicians interviewed unanimously recognize the importance of error disclosure, given that they themselves would want to be informed if they were the patients. However, 50% have never disclosed a medical error to their patients. Fear of losing the patient’s trust (33%) and fear of lawsuits (31%) are the main obstacles to error disclosure. CONCLUSIONS: The authors found that physicians were in favour of a full policy disclosure at the IRCCS CROB – the Oncology Centre of Basilicata. Many more studies need to be carried out in order to comprehend the economic impact of a full error disclosure policy. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0794-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-44608572015-06-10 The right to be informed and fear of disclosure: sustainability of a full error disclosure policy at an Italian cancer centre/clinic D’Errico, Stefano Pennelli, Sara Colasurdo, Antonio Prospero Frati, Paola Sicuro, Lorella Fineschi, Vittorio BMC Health Serv Res Research Article BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the behaviour of physicians in cases of medical error as well as the nature of the information that should be given to the patient and to ascertain whether it is possible to institute a full error disclosure policy. Data was collected through the completion of anonymous questionnaires by medical directors of the IRCCS CROB (the Oncology Centre of Basilicata, Italy). METHODS: An anonymous questionnaire consisting of 15 questions was prepared and administered to all the physicians working at the IRCCS CROB – the Oncology Centre of Basilicata. The main aim of the research was to evaluate the feasibility of adopting a full disclosure policy and the extent to which such a policy could help reduce administration and legal costs. RESULTS: The physicians interviewed unanimously recognize the importance of error disclosure, given that they themselves would want to be informed if they were the patients. However, 50% have never disclosed a medical error to their patients. Fear of losing the patient’s trust (33%) and fear of lawsuits (31%) are the main obstacles to error disclosure. CONCLUSIONS: The authors found that physicians were in favour of a full policy disclosure at the IRCCS CROB – the Oncology Centre of Basilicata. Many more studies need to be carried out in order to comprehend the economic impact of a full error disclosure policy. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0794-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2015-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4460857/ /pubmed/25889588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0794-3 Text en © D'Errico et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article D’Errico, Stefano Pennelli, Sara Colasurdo, Antonio Prospero Frati, Paola Sicuro, Lorella Fineschi, Vittorio The right to be informed and fear of disclosure: sustainability of a full error disclosure policy at an Italian cancer centre/clinic |
title | The right to be informed and fear of disclosure: sustainability of a full error disclosure policy at an Italian cancer centre/clinic |
title_full | The right to be informed and fear of disclosure: sustainability of a full error disclosure policy at an Italian cancer centre/clinic |
title_fullStr | The right to be informed and fear of disclosure: sustainability of a full error disclosure policy at an Italian cancer centre/clinic |
title_full_unstemmed | The right to be informed and fear of disclosure: sustainability of a full error disclosure policy at an Italian cancer centre/clinic |
title_short | The right to be informed and fear of disclosure: sustainability of a full error disclosure policy at an Italian cancer centre/clinic |
title_sort | right to be informed and fear of disclosure: sustainability of a full error disclosure policy at an italian cancer centre/clinic |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4460857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0794-3 |
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