Physicians’ Disclosure of Medical Error to Patient/Family: The Case of Saudi Arabia : Table 9

Table 9: Barriers to error disclosure among physicians.

Barriers to error disclosure	Frequency	Percent
Concern that disclosure could participate a lawsuit	137	68.5
Concern that disclosure could participate a harmful reaction by patient/family	158	79
Fear that disclosure could harm patient	22	11
Difficulty in admitting to personal failure	17	8.5
No formal training in error disclosure	89	44.5