INTRODUCTION Medical error is often a traumatic experience not only for patients but also for doctors. However, patients as victims get much more publicity than those responsible for actual errors. The authors of the study conducted research to learn about Polish doctors' opinions on and reactions to medical errors and how they affect their further professional activity and psychological status...

BACKGROUND The article presents the results of a research study into the reasons for medical evacuations of Polish military personnel taking part in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operation in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2013. MATERIALS AND METHODS The authors have analysed medical records of 485 soldiers who were medically evacuated out of a combat zone in Afghanistan for ba...

How are strengths of character related to growth following trauma? A retrospective Web-based study of 1,739 adults found small, but positive associations among the number of potentially traumatic events experienced and a number of cognitive and interpersonal character strengths. It was concluded that growth following trauma may entail the strengthening of character.

Experimental studies have shown that general anaesthetics may cause a variety of morphological changes in the developing immature brain of laboratory animals. In addition, there is some evidence that long-term and prolonged exposure may be worse than short-term exposure in some animal species. However, the relevance of these findings in human beings is currently unknown, and studies have shown ...

Some therapists, as well as other commentators, have suggested that memories of horrific trauma are buried in the subconscious by some special process, such as repression, and are later reliably recovered. We find that the evidence provided to support this claim is flawed. Where, then, might these memory reports come from? We discuss several research paradigms that have shown that various manip...

Introduction Clinical governance is concerned with the application and enforcement of good clinical practice [1-4] and the management of military trauma patients is no exception. To this end, a framework of governance has been implemented to facilitate best practice, and to ensure that Service personnel who are seriously injured on deployed operations receive exemplary care. This paper describe...