Allodoxaphobia

Pupaphobia is the fear of puppets and marionettes. People who suffer from this phobia experience great amounts of anxiety and dread if in the same room with a puppet.

Pediophobia

Top 10 Stupidest Phobias

• Anatidaephobia (fear that somewhere, somehow a duck watching you)
• Pentheraphobia (fear of your mother-in-law)
• Chrometophobia (fear of money)
• Cherophobia (fear of happiness)
• Bananaphobia (fear of bananas)
• Biophobia (fear of living things)

“But there are times when a physician just drops the ball and makes a mistake. And at that point an apology can be healing for both the physician and patient.” But if an apology is offered, he cautions, it has to be sincere and viewed in the larger context of the trusting doctor-patient relationship.

Witman et al found that patients were significantly more likely to sue if the physician did not disclose an error (17). In another study, researchers found that patients’ decision to sue was influenced not only by the original injury but also by insensitive handling and poor communication afterward (2).

Disclosing medical errors is considered necessary by patients, ethicists, and health care professionals. Literature insists on the framing of this disclosure and describes the apology as appropriate and necessary.

If a medical mistake in your practice is worthy of an apology, make sure you offer it skillfully….HOW TO APOLOGIZE

1. Get the facts.
2. Get the right people to attend.
3. Find the right time and place.
4. Ask what they understand.
5. Describe what happened.
6. Show empathy.
7. Offer an apology.
8. Make things right.

The numerous books and articles published on apology typically describe four to eight mechanisms of healing in apology. These include acknowledging the offense, accepting responsibility, expressing remorse, making a commitment for future behavior, and offering reparations. Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients.

Medical malpractice is the breach of the duty of care by a medical provider or medical facility. Medical negligence applies when a medical provider makes a “mistake” in treating patient and that mistake results in harm to the patient.

Negligence is defined as doing something or failing to do something that a prudent, careful, and reasonable nurse would do or not do in the same situation. 2. It is the failure to meet accepted standards of nursing competence and nursing scope of practice.