Philosophy:Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism
Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism is a 2005 book by John Banja.[1][2]
Banja defines "medical narcissism" as the need of health professionals to preserve their self-esteem leading to the compromise of error disclosure to patients.
In the book he explores the psychological, ethical and legal effects of medical errors and the extent to which a need to constantly assert their competence can cause otherwise capable, and even exceptional, professionals to fall into narcissistic traps.
He claims that:[2]
...most health professionals (in fact, most professionals of any ilk) work on cultivating a self that exudes authority, control, knowledge, competence and respectability. It's the narcissist in us all—we dread appearing stupid or incompetent.
References
- ↑ Banja, John, Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism, 2005
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Banja, John, (as observed by Eric Rangus) John Banja: Interview with the clinical ethicist
Further reading
- Rosenthal, Marilynn M. (2005-07-21). "Book Review". New England Journal of Medicine 353 (3): 324–324. doi:10.1056/NEJM200507213530324. ISSN 0028-4793. https://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJM200507213530324.
- Hébert, Philip (2005-07-06). "Medical Error". JAMA 294 (1): 115–116. doi:10.1001/jama.294.1.115. ISSN 0098-7484. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/201138.
- Bute, Jennifer J. (2006-06-01). "Book Review: Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism" (in EN). Health Communication. doi:10.1207/s15327027hc2001_11. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/s15327027hc2001_11.
- Kirk, Roey (September 2005). "Doing the Right Thing" (in en-US). JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration 35 (9): 375. ISSN 0002-0443. https://journals.lww.com/jonajournal/citation/2005/09000/doing_the_right_thing.1.aspx.
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