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Subtracting insult from injury: addressing cultural expectations in the disclosure of medical error
- Correspondence to: N Berlinger The Hastings Center, 21 Malcolm Gordon Road, Garrison, New York 10524, USA; berlingernthehastingscenter.org
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Subtracting insult from injury: addressing cultural expectations in the disclosure of medical error
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- Received June 25, 2003
- Accepted October 24, 2003
- Revised October 22, 2003
- First published January 28, 2005.
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April 27, 2016
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Copyright 2005 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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