title: The spin doctors: an invitation to health care professionals to reflect on the organizational dynamics of the Last Supper and why Judas was not the traitor.
abstract: The dynamics of The Last Supper are used to describe how organizations' members frequently make unethical, organizationally destructive decisions and then become "spin doctors" who collude in creating explanations that deflect attention from their contributions to the ensuing debacles. The implications of that process for a variety of organizations, including those engaged in health care, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D002835:Christianity; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D012539:Scapegoating; D014481:United States