Veiled Harm: Impacts of Microaggressions on Psychological Safety and Physician Burnout.
Perm J
; 27(2): 169-178, 2023 06 15.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37292028
ABSTRACT
Microaggression is widespread in the health care industry and occurs in every health care delivery setting. It comes in many forms, from subtle to obvious, unconscious to conscious, and verbal to behavioral. Women and minority groups (eg, race/ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation) are often marginalized during medical training and subsequent clinical practice. These contribute to the development of psychologically unsafe working environments and widespread physician burnout. Physicians experiencing burnout who work in unsafe psychological environments impact the safety and quality of patient care. In turn, these conditions impose high costs on the health care system and organizations. Microaggressions and psychological unsafe work environments are intricately related and mutually enhanced. Therefore, addressing both simultaneously is a good business practice and a responsibility for any health care organization. Additionally, addressing them can reduce physician burnout, decrease physician turnover, and improve the quality of patient care. To counter microaggression and psychological unsafe, it takes conviction, initiative, and sustainable efforts from individuals, bystanders, organizations, and government agencies.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Médicos
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Esgotamento Profissional
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
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Perm J
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article
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Estados Unidos