Changing the diagnosis with retrospective review: a consideration of ethical issues

Surgery. 2008 Jul;144(1):99-100. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.02.008. Epub 2008 Mar 25.

Authors

Peter Angelos¹, Ira Kodner

Affiliation

¹ Departmen of Surgery, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. pangelos@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

PMID: 18571592
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.02.008

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MeSH terms

Diagnostic Errors / ethics*
Ethics, Clinical
Humans
Pathology / ethics*
Patient Participation
Retrospective Studies*
Truth Disclosure / ethics*