Disrespect

FEATURED ARTICLESDisrespectful Behaviors: Their Impact, Why They Arise and Persist, and How to Address Them (Part II)April 24, 2014In 2013, ISMP conducted a survey on bullying, incivility, intimidation, and other forms of disrespectful behavior that have run rampant in healthcare while many remain silent or make excuses to minimize the profound devastation that disrespectful behavior leaves in its wake. These behaviors range from overt acts of abuse and bad behavior to insidious actions so embedded in our culture that they seem normal—gossip, for example. Any behavior that influences the willingness of staff or patients to speak up or interact with an individual because he or she expects the encounter will be unpleasant or uncomfortable, fits the definition of disrespectful behavior.1 See Table 1 for examples of disrespectful behavior.ismp.org
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* Colonialism; Ableism; Ethnic disrepsect; Bigotry; Religious irreverence; Irreverence; Satanism
* Social competition; 
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