TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Second victims in healthcare: the stages of recovery following an adverse event
JO  - Igiene e Sanita Pubblica
A1  - Rinaldi, Carmela
A1  - Leigheb, Fabrizio
A1  - Di Dio, Angelo
A1  - Vanhaecht, Kris
A1  - Donnarumma, Chiara
A1  - Panella, Massimiliano
SP  - 357
EP  - 370
VL  - 72
IS  - 4
N2  - A second victim has been defined as "a healthcare worker involved in an unanticipated adverse patient event, medical error and/or a patient related-injury who becomes victimized in the sense that the worker is traumatized by the event". The aim of the present research study was to assess the "second victim" phenomenon in Italy. Fifty interviews were conducted with different health care professionals previously involved in medical errors. All study participants clearly remembered the event. Support obtained by second victims was poor and inefficient. Healthcare workers become second victims every day and, considering that human resources are the most important resource of healthcare organizations, it is fundamental to implement valid programs to support and train these workers about the phenomenon.<p />  <p>Language: it</p>
LA  - it
SN  - 0019-1639
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -