Second victims of medical adverse events: research and enlightenment on current situation at home and abroad / 中华医院管理杂志

In medical adverse events, medical workers involved tend to become the second victims due to physical and mental injuries, next to the patient in question and his/her family. This article introduced second victim from the following perspectives of such victims: current situation and causes, traumatic experience, natural recovery process and supportive actions taken. These authors provided hospital management with suggestions on how to effective support such victims, in an effort to draw attention of the society to physical and mental health of the medical staff, and minimize injuries so incurred to such victims.