Avoiding Cheap Grace: Medical Harm, Patient Safety, and the Culture(s) of Forgiveness

Hastings Center Report 33 (6):28-36 (2003)
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Abstract

Too often in a hospital setting, forgiveness is thought to be automatic—given if a physician makes the apology. But this is cheap grace: a forgiveness achieved without the participation of the injured party. We must remember that forgiveness must be given, and devise new practices to see that it can be.

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