Reaching Hard-to-Reach Patients, Why/How to Disclose Your Errors

Amie Zarling, PhD (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Iowa State University), reviews some interesting research on developing and evaluating effective programs for hard-to-reach, under-resourced, and/or under-served populations, which primarily focus on improving family health. Also, regular contributor Dr. MedLaw discusses how, when, and why physicians should disclose their own errors. Did you know that hiding an error will underpin the independent intentional tort of fraudulent concealment and that because it is an intentional choice, it will not be covered by malpractice insurance? How about that the Statute of Limitations for fraudulent concealment is also usually three times longer than that for malpractice?

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Further reading

https://faculty.sites.iastate.edu/azarling/ 

Hudson J, Zarling A, Ungar R, Albright L, Tkatch R, Russell D, Schaeffer J, Wicker ER. Older Adults' Experiences in a Web-Based Intervention for Loneliness. Gerontol Geriatr Med. 2023 Mar 22;9:23337214231163004. doi: 10.1177/23337214231163004. PMID: 36968123; PMCID: PMC10037731.

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