TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Communication Skills for Surgeons A1 - Bonvicini, Kathleen A. A1 - Burney, Dwight W. A2 - Stahel, Philip F. PY - 2017 T2 - Surgical Patient Safety: A Case-Based Approach AB - Communication failure occurs across all phases of the surgical pathway.Suboptimal communication between surgeons and their patients can lead to misdiagnosis/delayed diagnosis.Problematic team communication is a root cause in more than 60% of serious adverse events (“never events”).The majority of serious adverse events in hospitals occur in surgical patients. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144001721 ER -