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Participant responses to a list of causes of medical errors |
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| Cause |
Number (%) |
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| Yes |
No |
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| Uncaring health care professional |
80 (48.5) |
85 (51.5) |
| Lack of training |
76 (46) |
89 (54) |
| Work overload |
70 (42) |
95 (58) |
| Lack of time spend with the patient |
64 (39) |
101 (61) |
| Shortage of doctors |
57 (34.5) |
108 (65.5) |
| Poor handwriting |
37 (22) |
128 (78) |
| Poor supervision |
33 (20) |
132 (80) |
| Complexity of medical care |
26 (16) |
139 (84) |
| Shortage of paramedical |
24 (14.5) |
141 (85.5) |
| Shortage of nurses |
21 (13) |
144 (87) |
| Lack of computerized medical record |
11 (7) |
154 (93) |
Al-Mandhari et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2008 9:13 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-9-13 |
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