To assess parental preferences for medical error disclosure and evaluate associated factors.
Prospective survey.
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Parents of inpatients and outpatients.
Anonymous questionnaire administered on May to August 2006, surveying demographic characteristics and identifying parents' thresholds for disclosure using a vignette with six levels of harm.
Preferred thresholds for parent and patient disclosure and associated factors.
99% of 431 parents (181 inpatients, 250 outpatients) wanted disclosure if there was potential or actual harm versus 77% if there was none (por= 11 years (p