Medical Gawking Case Points to Need for Culture Change

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. According to a news report in The Washington Post, a number of medical staff at a Pittsburgh hospital have been reprimanded over a gross violation of a patient’s privacy. The patient was under anesthesia and a crowd of staff gathered to watch and take photos of “a patient’s genitals with a foreign object protrusion.” Many photos were shared with others. The “crowd” was significant and consisted of more people than those involved with the patient’s care.…
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