Blame and its consequences for healthcare professionals: response to Tigard
| Autor: | Elizabeth A Duthie, Ian C Fischer, Richard M. Frankel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Health (social science) Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Face (sociological concept) Mistake Blame 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Humans Moral responsibility 030212 general & internal medicine media_common Medical Errors Health professionals business.industry 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Regret Public relations Issues ethics and legal aspects Harm Healthcare settings Female 0305 other medical science business Psychology Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Ethics. 46:339-341 |
| ISSN: | 1473-4257 0306-6800 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/medethics-2019-105525 |
| Popis: | Tigard (2019) suggests that the medical community would benefit from continuing to promote notions of individual responsibility and blame in healthcare settings. In particular, he contends that blame will promote systematic improvement, both on the individual and institutional levels, by increasing the likelihood that the blameworthy party will ‘own up’ to his or her mistake and apologise. While we agree that communicating regret and offering a genuine apology are critical steps to take when addressing patient harm, the idea that medical professionals should continue to ‘take the blame’ for medical errors flies in the face of existing science and threatens to do more harm than good. We contrast Dr Tigard’s approach with the current literature on blame to promote an alternative strategy that may help to create lasting change in the face of unfortunate error. |
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