Workplace Blame and Related Concepts: An Analysis of Three Case Studies.
Blame has been thought to affect quality by decreasing error reporting. Very little is known about the incidence, characteristics, or consequences of the distress caused by being blamed. Blame-related distress (B-RD) may be related to moral distress, but may also be a factor in burnout, compassion fatigue, lateral violence, and second-victim syndrome. The purpose of this article is to explore these related concepts through a literature review applied to three index critical care clinician cases.
Department of Education, Research and Development, University of California San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA. Electronic address: jdavidson@ucsd.edu.
Judy E
JE
Davidson
Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA.
Donna L
DL
Agan
Moore's Cancer Center, University of California San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA.
Shannon
S
Chakedis
McGill University Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC; Critical Care Division, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Yoanna
Y
Skrobik
D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D003422:Critical Care; D006167:Guilt; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000523:psychology*; D012308:Risk Management; D017132:Workplace