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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Blowing the whistle: Perceptions of surgical staff and medical students in a public South African hospital |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Ter-Er Kusu-Orkar; University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK |
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| 4. | Description | Abstract | Understanding perspectives on whistleblowing is important in tackling a resistance to speaking out. This study aimed to elicit the views of medical students and doctors in Edendale Hospital, South Africa using a mixed-methods questionnaire study incorporating free text and tick-box answers. Thematic analysis and descriptive statistics were used to interpret the results. Fifty-eight doctors and medical students responded (87% response rate); the majority were surgeons at Edendale hospital. Seventeen percent did not understand the concept of whistleblowing, while 42% felt unable to report an adverse event. Motivation for reporting adverse events was overwhelmingly in the interests of patient safety (91%), but reluctance was mainly due to the potential consequences on workplace relationships (24%). The most common innovation suggested was a reporting structure (54%). These observations indicate workplace relationships are an important barrier to whistleblowing. Further research should expand on these concerns and explore staff knowledge about whistleblowing. |
| 5. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Forum for Medical Ethics Society |
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| 7. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2018-09-12 |
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| 9. | Format | File format | HTML , PDF |
| 10. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://ijme.in/articles/blowing-the-whistle-perceptions-of-surgical-staff-and-medical-students-in-a-public-south-african-hospital/ |
| 11. | Source | Title; vol., no. (year) | Indian Journal of Medical Ethics;: Learning not to repeat the past |
| 12. | Language | English=en | en |
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