TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Everyone is affected, everyone a victim JO - BMJ A1 - Vetrugno, Giuseppe A1 - De-Giorgio, Fabio A1 - Foti, Federica SP - l2160 EP - l2160 VL - 365 IS - N2 -
Clarkson and colleagues ask healthcare professionals to stop calling themselves “second victims” in cases of medical harm.1 What does the word “victim” mean? It comes from “victus,” a Latin term that means “defeated” or “beaten.” When medical harm occurs, healthcare professionals have fought a battle and lost. Patients are victims, but they are …
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LA - en SN - 0959-535X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l2160 ID - ref1 ER -