title: Thoughts before whistling.
abstract: Whistleblowing is a public alert by an insider of an organisation to a practice or concerning potential they observe in the organisation. This paper proposes that the risk, values at stake, timeliness and manner of complaint be considered before a whistle is blown. It also notes education and monitoring mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: School of Medical Education, University of New South Wales.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Berglund
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003657:Decision Making; D004647:Employee Discipline; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards*; D014342:Truth Disclosure