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Please include your name and the city and state in which you practice. While every clinician recognizes the need to support the practi- tioner involved in a significant medical error, I found it puzzling that Dr. As Dr. Weiss states in her article, patients and their families, the first victims, are not the only ones affected by medical errors. I was involved in a medication error on a labor and delivery unit more than 20 years ago, and I was the second victim.
There were also countless others. You are correct when you state that physicians, and others in medicine, do not support colleagues who have experienced a medical error. I agree with Dr. Symptoms of depression, burnout, decreased quality of life, and feelings of distress, guilt, and shame can occur in the second victim.
I hope more people will get on board to use The Joint Commission toolkit to assist health care organizations in developing a second-victim program. I thank Dr. Barnes for his comments.
