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Volume 12, Issue 4
October 2006

APOLOGY

SUMMARY: Following injury caused by medical error, patients and their families experience mixed emotions. Those who seek further responses from the injuring caregivers are looking for a variety of changes that will help them mitigate the injury.  Sincere apology has a number of components.  An effective apology fills differing needs in the injured parties.

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