Honest communication and social asymmetries inside a hospital: pitfalls for clinicians.
Redelmeier DA, Etchells EE, Najeeb U. Honest communication and social asymmetries inside a hospital: pitfalls for clinicians. J Hosp Med. 2022;17(5):405-409. doi:10.1002/jhm.12827.
Empowering healthcare workers to speak up about safety concerns is a core tenant of safety culture. This article outlines how social hierarchies and power differentials among healthcare teams can negatively influence speaking up behavior and approaches to mitigating these pitfalls.