BMJ bans "accidents"

Davis, Ronald M.; Pless, Barry

doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1320

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“…In reaction, BMJ, in its self-proclaimed position as 'a leading communicator in medicine' with a responsibility 'to establish or follow standards in language' banned the 'inappropriate use of "accident"' in its pages. 96 The change in terminology remained controversial. When the psychologist Alan Steward (University of Georgia) and social worker Janice Lord, former National Director of Victim Services of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, argued against 'accidents' since crashes 'caused by intoxicated, speeding, distracted, or careless drivers' were no accidents and that such misnaming might create extra stress for crash victims and impede their recovery, several colleagues disagreed.…”

Section: The Competition Of Development Conceptsmentioning

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Road Traffic Injuries: Social Change and Development

Borowy

2013

Med. Hist.

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In the course of the twentieth century road traffic injuries (RTIs) became a major public health burden. RTI deaths first increased in high-income countries and declined after the 1970s, and they soared in low-and middle-income countries from the 1980s onwards. As motorisation took off in North America and then spread to Europe and to the rest of the world discussions on RTIs have reflected and influenced international interpretations of the costs and benefits of 'development', as conventionally understood. Using discourse analysis, this paper explores how RTIs have been constructed in ways that have served regional and global development agendas and how 'development' has been (re-)negotiated through the discourse of RTIs and vice versa. For this purpose, this paper analyses a selection of key publications of organisations in charge of international health or transport and places them in the context of (a) the surrounding scientific discussion of the period and (b) of relevant data regarding RTI mortality, development funding, and road and other transport infrastructure. Findings suggest that constructions of RTIs have shifted from being a necessary price to be paid for development to being a sign of development at an early stage or of an insufficiently coordinated development. In recent years, RTI discussions have raised questions about development being misdirected and in need of fundamental rethinking. At present, discussions are believed to be at a crossroads between different evaluations of developmental conceptualisations for the future.

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Section: The Competition Of Development Conceptsmentioning

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Road Traffic Injuries: Social Change and Development

Borowy

2013

Med. Hist.

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“…Researchers have traditionally defined injuries as "accidents" or unavoidable events but recently, the understanding of the factors that can cause injuries has changed this definition; the term unintentional injury replaces that of 'accidental injury' in recognition of the fact that 'most injuries are preventable', with major consequences on public health (Davis, & Pless, 2001;Bonilla-Escobar, & Guiterrez, 2014).…”

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Adolescents’ Psychological Functioning And Unintentional Injuries: Motor Vehicles And Sports Accidents

Michela¹

2017

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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Adolescence represents a crucial period for psychological development. Adolescents have been shown more prone to injuries than adults have and they are frequently involved in motor vehicle and sports accident. Although adolescents' injuries have been widely investigated in international literature, victims' psychological profiles associated with different types of accidents have been scarcely addressed. The present study aimed to identify adolescents' psychological functioning associated with different types of injuries among a population of Italian adolescents who visited an emergency department. Moreover, the present paper intended to compare psychological profiles of adolescents who have had road and sports accidents. The sample was composed by N= 60 adolescents who attended an emergency department in central Italy. Subjects completed self-report measures assessing emotional and behavioural functioning and the use of defence mechanisms. Both road and sport accidents were associated with adolescents' maladaptive psychological functioning. Adolescents involved in motor vehicle accidents showed a problematic emotional and behavioural functioning in general and a massive use of defense strategies; their peers who had sport accidents also show various difficulties in internalizing and externalizing functioning. Several adolescents' emotional-behavioural variables are associated with injuries rates. Risk taking behaviours and other victims' psychological profiles should be considered to have an exhaustive picture of individual factors that can impair a healthy development.

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“…Los accidentes no son imprevisibles), en el cual expresaba que la mayoría de las lesiones y los eventos que los causan son previsibles y prevenibles, y por eso el BMJ decidió prohibir la palabra accidente en los artículos que publicaba. 8 Así, la Subcomisión de Prevención de Accidentes de la SAP ha cambiado su denominación por Subcomisión de Prevención de Lesiones, en el convencimiento de que el uso preciso del lenguaje apoya la comprensión de la real significación de los eventos. Las lesiones de todo tipo: en el hogar, en la escuela, en los lugares de recreación, en el tránsito, se pueden prevenir.…”

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Por qué NO usar la palabra accidente

Waisman¹

2012

Arch Argent Pediat

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BMJ bans "accidents"

Cited by 123 publications

References 13 publications

Road Traffic Injuries: Social Change and Development

Road Traffic Injuries: Social Change and Development

Adolescents’ Psychological Functioning And Unintentional Injuries: Motor Vehicles And Sports Accidents

Por qué NO usar la palabra accidente

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