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

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 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. OBJECTIVE: To explore feelings associated with regretted clinical decisions or interventions of hospital-based physicians and nurses and to examine how these regrets are coped with.

Authors

Courvoisier DS; Agoritsas T; Perneger TV; Schmidt RE; Cullati S

Journal

PLOS ONE, Vol. 6, No. 8,

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Publication Date

2011

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0023138

ISSN

1932-6203

Associated Experts

Thomas Agoritsas

Assistant Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

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