title: Saying sorry: the legal implications.
abstract: Anecdotal evidence suggests that nurses believe they should not say sorry when an adverse event or act of negligence has occurred in case they are sued or reported to the Nursing and Midwifery Council. However, this article argues that saying sorry in such circumstances is not an admission of liability but rather a standard to which all nurses should aspire.
authors.affiliation: School of Law, The Open University, Milton Keynes.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cornock
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D035881:Compensation and Redress; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom