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Whether to expose institutional cover-ups of your own mistakes

I'm a nurse and made a medication error that could have killed a patient and the hospital is covering it up to avoid liability but I think the patient has a right to know.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The intersection of personal accountability and institutional self-protection creates a moral double-bind where doing right by those harmed requires betraying those who shield you from consequences.

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