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ReviewClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2025

Recognition of medical error: It is not too late for an open disclosure - a narrative review.

Ivan Dieb Miziara, Carmen Silvia Molleis Galego Miziara

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Review in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ivan Dieb MiziaraFull Professor of Legal Medicine, Bioethics, and Occupational Health, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: Ivan.miziara@usp.br.
Carmen Silvia Molleis Galego MiziaraAssistant Professor of Legal Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of medical care. These errors are usually avoidable. They are a vast source of ethical, financial, and even mental problems affecting patients, physicians, and healthcare organizations. The negative impact on patients can be physical, generating sequelae or disability. It could lead to a loss of trust in the patient and his family in the doctor or the hospital where he has been treated. On the other hand, doctors resist disclosing their errors to the patient, fearing lawsuits and financial losses. Disclosure errors are also an imperative moral duty. In this narrative review, the authors discuss obstacles that exist and prevent an adequate open disclosure, including flaws in medical education, and propose ten steps to proceed with an open disclosure if a medical error occurs.

Indexed as

DisclosureMedical ErrorsPhysician-Patient RelationsTruth DisclosureHumansCommunication skillsMedical errorOpen disclosurePatient safety

Identifiers

PMID40106879
PMCPMC11964557

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