Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism
{{Short description|2005 book by John Banja}}
Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism is a 2005 book by John Banja.Banja, John, Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism, 2005Banja, John, (as observed by Eric Rangus) [http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2005/February/February7/sandr1.htm John Banja: Interview with the clinical ethicist]
Banja defines "medical narcissism" as the need of health professionals to preserve their self-esteem leading to the compromise of error disclosure to patients.
In the book he explores the psychological, ethical and legal effects of medical errors and the extent to which a need to constantly assert their competence can cause otherwise capable, and even exceptional, professionals to fall into narcissistic traps.
{{blockquote|...most health professionals (in fact, most professionals of any ilk) work on cultivating a self that exudes authority, control, knowledge, competence and respectability. It's the narcissist in us all—we dread appearing stupid or incompetent.}}
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- {{Cite journal |last=Rosenthal |first=Marilynn M. |date=2005-07-21 |title=Book Review |url=https://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJM200507213530324 |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |volume=353 |issue=3 |pages=324–324 |doi=10.1056/NEJM200507213530324 |issn=0028-4793|url-access=subscription }}
- {{Cite journal |last=Hébert |first=Philip |date=2005-07-06 |title=Medical Error |url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/201138 |journal=JAMA |volume=294 |issue=1 |pages=115–116 |doi=10.1001/jama.294.1.115 |issn=0098-7484|url-access=subscription }}
- {{Cite journal |last=Bute |first=Jennifer J. |date=2006-06-01 |title=Book Review: Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/s15327027hc2001_11 |journal=Health Communication |language=EN |doi=10.1207/s15327027hc2001_11|url-access=subscription }}
- {{Cite journal |last=Kirk |first=Roey |date=September 2005 |title=Doing the Right Thing |url=https://journals.lww.com/jonajournal/citation/2005/09000/doing_the_right_thing.1.aspx |journal=JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration |language=en-US |volume=35 |issue=9 |pages=375 |issn=0002-0443}}
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