Erschienen in:
26.10.2017 | Letter to the Editor
The Second Victim: Ignored in the Indian Perspective
verfasst von:
Ravi C. Nayar, Richitha V. Pandit, K. S. Gopinath
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 1/2018
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Excerpt
The Institute of Medicine’s report, “To err is human”, estimated that medical errors caused 44,000–98,000 deaths annually in the USA [
1]. In the year 2000, Andrew Wu, from Johns Hopkins Institute in his seminal paper entitled “Medical error: the second victim” drew attention to the fact that when adverse outcomes are noted during treatment, two victims can be identified—the patient
the first victim and the involved health care professional
the second victim [
2]. The second victim has also been described as a traumatised health care provider who, following an adverse medical event, feels responsible for the unexpected patient outcome and begins to question his or her knowledge and skills [
3]. …