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Thu Nov 8 12:12:58 GMT 2007

It's also sad because the no-fault quest for perfection in the airline industry is continually held up to us as worthy of emulation.  I wonder how long that would have lasted if every employee who caused a near-miss tragedy apologized to everyone on the plane!  I imagine they would have needed statutory protection.

Sentinel events, root cause analyses -- how are we to do a meaningful quest for quality when we're threatened with litigation every time someone catches a problem?

Jane Harper

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	From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org on behalf of Aruni Sen 
	Sent: Thu 11/8/2007 4:40 AM 
	To: Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list 
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	Subject: RE: "doctors say they need protection to apologize"

	Incredible to realize that we need a "law" to apologize for mistakes made by one human trying sincerely to look after another!! SAD indeed.

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	From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Caruso
	Sent: 08 November 2007 02:22
	To: trauma-list at trauma.org
	Subject: "doctors say they need protection to apologize"

	Hi all,

	I'm not sure if anyone has seen this article that was posted in the Boston Globe a few days ago.  It has to do with  Massachusetts passing a law, that would make it ok for a physician to say sorry for a medical mistake.

	http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/31/doctors_say_they_need_protection_to_apologize/

	My question is, should this law encompass all of the medical community I.E., pharmacists, nurses,paramedics? Also, dose anyone know of any states that allow practitioners to say I'm sorry to patients for medical mistakes?

	Thanks,

	Anthony M Caruso EMT-P

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