Whistleblowing and Patient Safety : The Patient's or the profession's interests at stake?
Rita Pal
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Posted 07.10.2012
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UK
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Medical whistleblowing has featured in countless newspaper headlines. The stories are usually victim-focused, implying that if you blow the whistle, your life is automatically destroyed. While that may be true in some cases, the stereotypical "victim" imagery is not constructive, helping neither the psychology of the individual whistleblower, nor the system that spawned them.
