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Table 5 Attitudes toward error disclosure

From: Disclosure of medical errors: physicians’ knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) in an oncology center

Questions Received Training Number (%) of respondents who agreed P-value
I am aware and knowledgeable of the articles/elements of Jordan’s Medical and Health Liability Law Yes 36 (66.7) 0.017
No 15 (45.5)  
How likely would the issue of Jordan’s Law on Medical and Health Liability affect your decision to disclose an error to your patient? Yes 34 (61.8) 0.024
No 12 (36.4)  
It is important for me to tell my patients about errors I have made in their care because that is how I would want to be treated if I were a patient. Yes 53 (96.4) 0.103
No 29 (87.8)  
If I made a medical error, disclosing the error to my patient would help alleviate my feelings of guilt. Yes 47 (87.0) 0.121
No 23 (69.7)  
Telling my patient about a medical error I have made in their care strengthens my patient’s trust in me as a physician. Yes 28 (50.9) 0.24
No 14 (42.4)  
My decision to disclose a medical error to a patient depends on whether I think the information will help or harm him/her. Yes 40 (72.7) 0.032
No 19 (57.6)