Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-2plfb Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-26T10:11:39.487Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

39 - The abusive and disruptive physician

from 5 - Practice issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2012

Gail A. Van Norman
Affiliation:
University of Washington
Stephen Jackson
Affiliation:
Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose
Stanley H. Rosenbaum
Affiliation:
Yale University School of Medicine
Susan K. Palmer
Affiliation:
Oregon Anesthesiology Group
Get access

Summary

This chapter focuses on mean, abusive, and disruptive (MAD) behavior of medical professionals in the workplace. MAD behavior subverts the ethical obligation of healthcare professionals from consistently placing the interests of the patient foremost, by interfering with the normative processes of collegiality, cooperation, communication, and teamwork. MAD behavior encompasses an extreme degree of uncivil and unprofessional demeanor. It violates ethical standards of practice and impedes patient safety and quality improvement. MAD behavior's harmful impact on workplace staff increases the risk for substandard care and adverse patient consequences. MAD behavior is a manifestation of a personality disorder that is characterized by maladaptive behavior and lack of personal insight. In order for MAD physicians to continue to practice, they must be strictly be held to exert a sufficient degree of control over their behavior that precludes their adversely impacting the culture of safety.
Type
Chapter
Information
Clinical Ethics in Anesthesiology
A Case-Based Textbook
, pp. 235 - 239
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×