TY - JOUR
T1 - Medicine and society
T2 - Responding to callous humor in health care
AU - Piemonte, Nicole M.
AU - Abreu, Shawn
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Kelly Wu, MD, Charlie Wilson, MOT, and Lisa Harrison, NP, for their insightful feedback on this piece.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. ISSN 2376-6980
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Although humor in health care can facilitate relationship building between patients and clinicians, callous humor used to deflect or dismiss distressing emotions undermines relationships, erodes trust, and expresses disregard for vulnerability. Because it affects collegiality, training, and patient care, callous humor should not be tolerated, especially when directed at patients. This article considers why it is important to respond to colleagues who make callous jokes and suggests how to do so.
AB - Although humor in health care can facilitate relationship building between patients and clinicians, callous humor used to deflect or dismiss distressing emotions undermines relationships, erodes trust, and expresses disregard for vulnerability. Because it affects collegiality, training, and patient care, callous humor should not be tolerated, especially when directed at patients. This article considers why it is important to respond to colleagues who make callous jokes and suggests how to do so.
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U2 - 10.1001/amajethics.2020.608
DO - 10.1001/amajethics.2020.608
M3 - Article
C2 - 32744230
AN - SCOPUS:85088908397
VL - 22
SP - E608-E614
JO - AMA journal of ethics
JF - AMA journal of ethics
SN - 2376-6980
IS - 7
ER -