title: Conflict in fiduciary duty involving health care error reporting.
abstract: Fiduciary duty is the responsibility to act in the best interest of a person or organization. Health care professionals, as well as managers in other industries, struggle continuously with the dilemma of whether or not to admit potentially harmful mistakes to unsuspecting customers and patients. Limited public disclosure of medical errors will benefit health care staff, organizational executives, and patients if specific policies are enacted to improve error prevention.
authors.affiliation: George Mason University College of Nursing and Health Science, Fairfax, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Della Wyatt
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D011634:Public Health; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States