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Brian Goldman : Les médecins font des erreurs. Peut-on en parler ?

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Brian Goldman |

TEDxToronto 2010

• November 2011

Tous les docteurs commettent des erreurs. Mais, selon le docteur Brian Goldman, la culture de déni (et de honte) propre à la médecine empêche les médecins de parler de leurs erreurs ou de les utiliser pour apprendre et s'améliorer. Tout en partageant des expériences tirées de sa propre pratique, il appelle les médecins à commencer à parler du fait de se tromper.

Tous les docteurs commettent des erreurs. Mais, selon le docteur Brian Goldman, la culture de déni (et de honte) propre à la médecine empêche les médecins de parler de leurs erreurs ou de les utiliser pour apprendre et s'améliorer. Tout en partageant des expériences tirées de sa propre pratique, il appelle les médecins à commencer à parler du fait de se tromper.

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Brian Goldman

Physician, broadcaster

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Brian Goldman is an emergency-room physician in Toronto, and the host of CBC Radio’s "White Coat, Black Art."

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