RT Book, Section A1 Bonvicini, Kathleen A. A1 Burney, Dwight W. A2 Stahel, Philip F. SR Print(0) ID 1144001721 T1 Communication Skills for Surgeons T2 Surgical Patient Safety: A Case-Based Approach YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071842631 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144001721 RD 2024/10/05 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.