Errors in medicine: punishment versus learning medical adverse events revisited - expanding the frame.

Guttorm Brattebø; Hans Kristian Flaatten

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Errors in medicine: punishment versus learning medical adverse events revisited - expanding the frame.

March 29, 2023

Brattebø G, Flaatten HK. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2023;36(2):240-245.

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Latent errors or conditions are subtle and can be difficult to identify before an incident occurs. This commentary calls for moving from the reactive "bad apple" paradigm to a proactive just culture, where errors and near misses serve as organizational learning opportunities, and not as a time for individual discipline.

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