The social dimensions of safety incident reporting in maternity care: the influence of working relationships and group processes.
Lindsay P, Sandall J, Humphrey C. The social dimensions of safety incident reporting in maternity care: the influence of working relationships and group processes. Soc Sci Med. 2012;75(10):1793-9. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.030.
This study used an ethnographic approach to analyze the process of voluntary error reporting in maternity care and found that a considerable amount of peer group discussion often preceded the decision to voluntarily report (or not report) an error.