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Medical errors: Caring for the second victim (you)
OBG Manag. 2016 May;28(5)
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Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Chief Medical Officer
Executive Vice President, Carilion Clinic
Roanoke, Virginia
Dr. Weiss discusses the challenges of coping with a medical error, the signs that a physician is experiencing personal consequences of an experienced medical error, and strategies that some institutions have in place to help physicians to deal with the personal struggles of a medical error