Citation

Petersen IG. BMJ 2019; 365: l2157.

Affiliation

Copenhagen, Denmark.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.l2157

PMID

31101600

Abstract

Clarkson and colleagues question the use of the term “second victim” to describe doctors involved in medical errors.1 Their inference that randomness is assigned to an adverse event simply because the health professional is a second victim is not solid.

Adverse events typically originate …

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