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Groupthink: How Should Clinicians Respond to Human Trafficking?
1Professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Jacksonville, Florida, where he chairs the Medical Ethics Committee and leads the Program in Professionalism & Values.
AMA Journal of Ethics
|January 21, 2017
Summary
Human trafficking victim care is hampered by inadequate medical guidelines and "groupthink," a phenomenon where consensus overrides critical evaluation. Medical professionals can still positively impact victims
Area of Science:
- Medical ethics
- Social psychology
- Public health
Background:
- Human trafficking is a widespread issue overwhelming existing resources.
- Current medical guidelines are insufficient for addressing victims' unique needs.
- Groupthink can impede effective medical responses to human trafficking.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the impact of groupthink on medical professionals' responses to human trafficking.
- To identify how social psychological phenomena influence the care of trafficking victims.
- To explore opportunities for medical professionals to improve victim outcomes.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of social psychological factors in medical settings.
- Review of existing literature on human trafficking and medical care.
- Conceptual framework development on groupthink and its effects.
Main Results:
- Groupthink can lead to complacency and inaction regarding human trafficking.
- It fosters an illusion of unanimity and can perpetuate negative stereotypes.
- Medical professionals may rationalize inaction due to perceived futility.
Conclusions:
- Despite challenges like groupthink, medical professionals are crucial in identifying and assisting human trafficking victims.
- Overcoming groupthink requires critical evaluation of established norms in victim care.
- Medical professionals possess unique opportunities to advocate for and support victims of human trafficking.
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