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Avoiding Cheap Grace: Medical Harm, Patient Safety, and the Culture(s) of Forgiveness
Author(s) -
Berlinger Nancy
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3527823
Subject(s) - forgiveness , harm , psychology , medical emergency , social psychology , medicine
Too often in a hospital setting, forgiveness is thought to be automatic—given if a physician makes the apology. But this is cheap grace: a forgiveness achieved without the participation of the injured party. We must remember that forgiveness must be given , and devise new practices to see that it can be.