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Correlates of the third victim phenomenon.

April 12, 2017

Russ MJ. Psychiatr Q. 2017;88(4):917-920.

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A sentinel event affects patients, their families, clinicians involved, and the organization. This review article describes a serious incident at a hospital and explored changes in decision making, discharge rate, and peer observation after the event to illustrate the organization as the third victim.

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