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Patient safety and the question of dignitary harms.

Mitchell P, Cribb A, Entwistle VA. Patient safety and the question of dignitary harms. J Med Philos. 2023;48(1):33-49. doi:10.1093/jmp/jhac035.

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March 15, 2023
Mitchell P, Cribb A, Entwistle VA. J Med Philos. 2023;48(1):33-49.
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While preventable physical harm, such those from as wrong-site surgery or medication errors, have been the main focus of the patient safety movement, less attention has been paid to preventable psychological, or dignitary, harms. In this commentary, the authors present how dignitary harms do, and do not, fit into the patient safety field and how they can be addressed.

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Mitchell P, Cribb A, Entwistle VA. Patient safety and the question of dignitary harms. J Med Philos. 2023;48(1):33-49. doi:10.1093/jmp/jhac035.