Why Physicians Don’t Ask

Dont ask why things went wrong Nested Reputation and Scapegoating Ine¢ ciencyy

Scapegoating is a source of ine¢ ciency in organizations. This is a commonly held view. But despite its commonality and its use as a justi…cation for reforms designed to reduce scapegoating, no formal model has been developed to explain why and when this is the case. We propose an explanation by focusing on how superiors make decisions inside an organization when they only care about reputation...

Why physicians and nurses ask (or don’t) about partner violence: a qualitative analysis

BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a serious public health issue and is associated with significant adverse health outcomes. The current study was undertaken to: 1) explore physicians' and nurses' experiences, both professional and personal, when asking about IPV; 2) determine the variations by discipline; and 3) identify implications for practice, workplace policy and ...

How spinal manipulative therapy works: why ask why?

Why Do You Ask So Many Questions ?

[N]o amount of telling somebody in mere words that one is or is not angry is the same as what one might tell them by gesture or tone of voice .... Anyhow, it is all nonsense. I mean, the notion that language is made of words is all nonsense -and when I said that gestures could not be translated into "mere words/' I was talking nonsense, because there is no such thlng as "mere words" ... Gregory...

Ask "WHY NOT?" Not "WHAT IF?"

The editor-in-chief asks: with strong evidence in favour of collaborative practice, why has it not yet been adopted across the system? What is holding it back?