Medicine:VIP syndrome
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Short description: Influence of a VIP on a professional's decisions
VIP syndrome is a term used to describe a situation when a perceived VIP uses their status to influence a given professional to make unorthodox decisions under the pressure or presence of the individual.[1][2] The term can be applied to any profession which has relationships with wealthy, famous or powerful clients,[3] particularly medical or airline professions.[1][3]
Examples
- Smolensk air disaster
- Eckwersheim derailment
- Borki train disaster
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Block, A. Jay (1993). "Beware of the VIP Syndrome". Chest (American College of Chest Physicians) 4 (104): 989. doi:10.1378/chest.104.4.989b. PMID 8404234.
- ↑ Weintraub, Walter (February 1964). ""The Vip Syndrome": A Clinical Study in Hospital Psychiatry". The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 138 (2): 181–193. doi:10.1097/00005053-196402000-00012. PMID 14119515. http://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Citation/1964/02000/_the_Vip_Syndrome___A_Clinical_Study_in_Hospital.12.aspx.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bremer, Jack (13 April 2010). "'VIP passenger syndrome' to blame for Polish tragedy". The First Post. Dennis Publishing. http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/62077,news-comment,news-politics,vip-passenger-syndrome-to-blame-for-polish-tragedy.
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