Challenges in disclosure of adverse events and errors in surgery; perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa

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Title:	Challenges in disclosure of adverse events and errors in surgery; perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa
Authors:	Abdulrasheed Ibrahim, Ekundayo Stephen Garba, Malachy Eneye Asuku
Source:	The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 12, Iss 82 (2012)
Publisher Information:	The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012.
Publication Year:	2012
Collection:	LCC:Medicine
Subject Terms:	challenges, errors, adverse events, surgery, sub-saharan africa, Medicine
More Details:	Surgery occurs in every setting in sub-Saharan Africa and the burden of unmet surgical need has increased greatly the demand for surgical intervention [1]. It is a given that all health care professionals involved in the care of surgical patients have the best of intentions and endeavor to ensure patient safety while providing quality health care [2]. It is however also well recognized that surgery although undoubtedly beneficial, can have potentially harmful effects on patients [3]. Unintended injury or complication or an undesirable outcome from the expected course of the disease leading to a prolonged admission, disability at discharge or death is defined as an adverse patient event in surgery. An error is defined as an adverse event or near miss that is preventable with the current state of medical knowledge
Document Type:	article
File Description:	electronic resource
Language:	English French
ISSN:	1937-8688
Relation:	https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/12/82/pdf/82.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1937-8688
DOI:	10.11604/pamj.2012.12.82.1791
Access URL:	https://doaj.org/article/24c78a1ebd8c4046bc4908b1e4294c91
Accession Number:	edsdoj.24c78a1ebd8c4046bc4908b1e4294c91
Database:	Directory of Open Access Journals

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ISSN:	19378688
DOI:	10.11604/pamj.2012.12.82.1791
Published in:	The Pan African Medical Journal
Language:	English French