Long-term Impacts Faced by Patients and Families after Harmful Healthcare Events

摘要

BackgroundPatients and families report suffering a multitude of harms from medical errors resulting in physical, emotional and financial hardships. Little is known about the duration and nature of these harms and the type of support needed to promote patient and family healing after such events. We sought to describe the long-term impacts reported by patients and family members who experienced harmful medical events 5 or more years ago.