Magnet status--does it promote holistic health care?

摘要

It was a harrowing experience for the patient (we'll call her Amy). She developed many iatrogenic problems, in spite of specific and strong advocacy from her children aimed at protecting her. These types of situations happen all of the time in hospitals, but often patients and family members do not realize that the problems occur because of the interventions, not because of the patient's own health condition or body system responses. Oftentimes, patients do not survive these types of events, and family members often have no way to know that the disastrous outcomes could have been prevented. Here is a summary of what happened to Amy, and sequelae of these events.