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

  1. ↑ Banja, John, Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism, 2005
  2. 1 2 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.
  • Hébert, Philip (2005-07-06). "Medical Error". JAMA. 294 (1): 115–116. doi:10.1001/jama.294.1.115. ISSN 0098-7484.
  • Bute, Jennifer J. (2006-06-01). "Book Review: Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism". Health Communication. doi:10.1207/s15327027hc2001_11.
  • Kirk, Roey (September 2005). "Doing the Right Thing". JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration. 35 (9): 375. ISSN 0002-0443.
This article is issued from WikiProjectMed. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.