The Hidden Cost of Disrespect

Psychology Today | 11.10.2026 00:11
About 20 of us sat at tables arranged in a large rectangle in the hospital conference room. The configuration was intended to encourage dialogue. At one end sat five senior executives representing academic, clinical, and hospital leadership. Around the remaining “U” of the rectangle sat surgeons, some of us dressed in suits and others still in scrubs after coming directly from their operating rooms.