1349Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada.
Healthc Manage Forum. 2021 Mar;34(2):81-86. doi: 10.1177/0840470420978573. Epub 2021 Jan 20.
Healthcare professionals are in the business of providing care and compassion. It is ironic that healthcare has the highest rate of workplace harassment. Although harassment comes from people of various positions, its existence in healthcare fractures the intention and values that guide its mission. When mental health is compromised, mistakes happen. Healthcare professionals take the health/life of others into their care; distractions and fear from being bullied compromise that care. Health leaders are in a strategic position to address workplace harassment and bullying. Failing to do so results in complacency, jeopardizes our patients, tarnishes the organization, and damages society as a whole. It is a cost that all will pay dearly to remedy, unless it is addressed, enforced with standards, and taken to task for the better health of all.
医疗保健专业人员的工作宗旨是关爱和同情。讽刺的是，医疗保健行业的工作场所骚扰发生率却最高。尽管骚扰来自于各种职位的人，但它的存在破坏了指导医疗保健使命的意图和价值观。当心理健康受到损害时，就会出现失误。医疗保健专业人员将他人的健康/生命置于自己的照顾之下；受到欺凌的干扰和恐惧会影响这种照顾。卫生领导人处于解决工作场所骚扰和欺凌的战略位置。如果不这样做，就会导致自满，危及我们的患者，损害组织，并对整个社会造成损害。除非加以解决，制定标准加以执行，并为所有人的健康采取行动，否则所有这些都会付出高昂的代价来纠正。
