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Honest communication and social asymmetries inside a hospital: pitfalls for clinicians.
June 15, 2022
Redelmeier DA, Etchells EE, Najeeb U. J Hosp Med. 2022;17(5):405-409.
Empowering healthcare workers to speak up about safety concerns is a core tenant of safety culture. This article outlines how social hierarchies and power differentials among healthcare teams can negatively influence speaking up behavior and approaches to mitigating these pitfalls.
