Imagine you’re in the intensive care unit at the bedside of your loved one, and you think you see a medical mistake — a wrong pill, an unwashed hand. Do you speak up? Even if you’re afraid that might annoy or alienate the medical team? It’s a delicate question, and a new study out of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — the first ICU study of its kind — documents just how delicate. The researchers surveyed more than 100 family members in the ICU and more than 1,000 online about whether they’d feel comfortable speaking up about various concerns.

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