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Podcast: Financial Residency
Episode: Is an Apology a Declaration of Negligence? with T. Marc Calvert, JD
Description: T. Marc Calvert, J.D. founded Calvert & Associates in 1996. His goal has always been to provide the highest quality of legal service to those who ask for his help. I asked for his help regarding what to say to a patient when you have a complication. Do we apologize? Not apologize? How much information do we disclose?  We were introduced by Gita Pensa, an emergency medicine physician at Brown and the creator of the podcast Doctors and Litigation: The L Word. This is essential listening for all physicians.  On top of settling the apology issue (kind of), Mr. Calvert says you...