David Oliver: Accountability—individual blame versus a “just culture”
David Oliver: Accountability—individual blame versus a “just culture”
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大卫·奥利弗:问责制——个人指责与“公正文化”
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10.1136/bmj.k1802
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发表时间:
2018
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D. Oliver
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D. Oliver
I’d love to stop the constant talk of “accountability” and individuals being “held to account” in state provided, free-at-point healthcare. Now, I don’t doubt for a minute that NHS clinicians and managers who wilfully break criminal law should face the same consequences as other citizens. And I believe that NHS clinicians are personally responsible for their own decisions and behaviours and for keeping their skills and knowledge up to date.
But the clamour for accountability goes well beyond this. Public debate in mainstream and social media is obsessed with the notion that, when things go wrong in healthcare, this must indicate failures by individuals. In …