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I also notice something. Physicians do not worry about their mistakes as we do, why? Pateints also think that we make mistakes but not the doctors, why?
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the reason is simple, their representative body provides full support to them if any of them make a mistake, while i've heard on this forum (and I have no need to not believe) that dispensing mistake by a pharmacists is a CRIMINAL OFFENCE.
(actually could could someone point me to the source of this ruling or any examples)
Doctor's see mistakes as an unavoidable part of their jobs and throughout their training are taught how to cope with them, excuses like stree, high workload etc.. are used to justify these mistakes.
Patients think we make mistakes because a doctor's mistake doesnt get spoted unless it comes through us, e.g. a prescribing error, and alot of pharmacists following guidelines of no blame policy dont go to their patient and say "this-and-this is the mistake your doctor made and it could have killed you unless I spotted it", what happens is that while the pharmacist is trying to get hold of the doctor on the phone to try to get a mistake changed, the patient is thinking whys it taking that much time to take the box of the shelf and put it in a bag.
also remember the saying "Doctor knows best", alot of patients assume for some reason the docotr knows more about medicine than pharmacist, Doctor's might have studied medicine but hey WE are the ones who actually STUDIED medicine.