The Importance Of Medical Mistakes

Everyone Makes Mistakes No one in this world is perfect and everyone makes mistakes, including doctors. People assume that just because someone is a doctor that they should never make any sort of mistakes, only perfection. In Dr. Brian Goldman's TED Talk, "Doctors make mistakes... can we talk about that?" Goldman discusses the medical mistakes that are made, ways to prevent it and how doctors need to admit to their medical mistakes. That being said, doctors should have the right to talk openly about their medical mistakes and admit to their wrong doings. Medical mistakes are commonly made, more so than we think. In one study it showed there are roughly 100,000 people who die each year in the United States because of preventable medical mistakes. There is no guarantee that medical mistakes will never happen or even stop happening but it is how many medical mistakes that can be prevented to decrease the number of deaths. The IHI or the Institute for healthcare Improvement is seeking to do just that. Simple procedures like …show more content…
Being ashamed of yourself for something you have done could lead to "denying all responsibility, becoming angry with others and resorting to overtly aggressive and destructive patterns"(567) all are things you would most definitely want to avoid. Doctors are likely to feel ashamed of and the actions that they made knowing they could have prevented it. If a doctor is ashamed in something they have done they are likely to lash out and blame other co-workers because they are in denial and do not want to take the blame for the situation. People who are ashamed are "no less likely to repeat their transgressions, and are no more likely to attempt reparation"(567) says Tangney. If a doctor is feeling ashamed in themselves they are not likely no change their actions and fix the mistake for the next