[Adverse events in healthcare: supporting caregivers in distress].

Abstract

While we work with patients when they are victims of an adverse event in their care, we too often ignore the fact that the caregiver also experiences the consequences of this event. Some of these events lengthen hospital stays, aggravate health problems and can even lead to death. For the caregivers involved, as well as for the health-care teams, the effects are far from negligible in terms of affect and psychological suffering. It is therefore important to act here and develop systematic interventions.