Brief
April 17, 2003
Dr. Thomas Gallagher, assistant professor of medicine and medical history and ethics at the University of Washington, will speak about research that provides insights into how physicians and other health-care providers can discuss medical errors with their patients.
Gallagher is the co-author of a paper published in the Feb. 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, which attracted national news coverage on this topic. The talk will be held 12-1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, in Hogness Auditorium, A-420, Magnuson Health Sciences Center at UW. The lecture is open to all faculty, staff and students.
The talk is sponsored by the UWMC. For more information about the lecture, call 206-598-6168 or visit the department's Web site: http://depts.washington.edu/qi. A reception will immediately follow the lecture in the lobby of the Health Sciences Center.
For more information about the JAMA paper, see: http://www.washington.edu/newsroom/news/2003archive/02-03archive/k022503a.ht.
