Regrets Associated with Providing Healthcare: Qualitative Study of Experiences of Hospital-Based Physicians and Nurses

Courvoisier, Delphine; Agoritsas, Thomas; Perneger, Thomas; Schmidt, Ralph Erich; Cullati, Stéphane

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023138

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Regrets Associated with Providing Healthcare: Qualitative Study of Experiences of Hospital-Based Physicians and Nurses

ContributorsCourvoisier, Delphine

; Agoritsas, Thomas

; Perneger, Thomas; Schmidt, Ralph Erich; Cullati, Stéphane

Published inPloS one, vol. 6, no. 8, e23138

Publication date2011

Abstract

Regret is an unavoidable corollary of clinical practice. Physicians and nurses perform countless clinical decisions and actions, in a context characterised by time pressure, information overload, complexity and uncertainty.

Keywords

Adaptation, Psychological
Humans
Medical Staff, Hospital/psychology
Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology
Physicians/psychology
Switzerland

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COURVOISIER, Delphine et al. Regrets Associated with Providing Healthcare: Qualitative Study of Experiences of Hospital-Based Physicians and Nurses. In: PloS one, 2011, vol. 6, n° 8, p. e23138. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023138

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PID : unige:25692
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0023138
PMID : 21829706

Journal ISSN1932-6203

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Regrets Associated with Providing Healthcare: Qualitative Study of Experiences of Hospital-Based Physicians and Nurses

Regret is an unavoidable corollary of clinical practice. Physicians and nurses perform countless clinical decisions and actions, in a context characterised by time pressure, information overload, complexity and uncertainty.

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