Eliminate emotional harm by focusing on respect, dignity for patients

Hospitals have made significant strides to reduce or eliminate physical harm to patients since the landmark 1999 Institute of Medicine Report 'To Err is Human.' In a new paper, patient care leaders say hospitals must now devote similar attention to eliminating emotional harms that damage a patient's dignity and can be caused by a failure to demonstrate adequate respect for the patient as a person.

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