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Hospitals: 'Sorry' Reduces Malpractice Cases

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December 18, 2004

For the past two years, the University of Michigan hospitals have been trying a novel approach to reducing medical malpractice lawsuits -- encouraging doctors to apologize to patients if they make a mistake. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and program architect Rick Boothman.

 
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