The "normalization of deviance" is a gradual process where unacceptable practices become standard because they are repeated without immediate catastrophic consequences, driven by human rationalization ...

Thomas Schares, MD, MBA, an anesthesiologist with Somnia Anesthesia who serves as chief of anesthesiology for Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., discusses the phenomenon known as ...

The normalization of deviance is a dangerous phenomenon where individuals gradually accept substandard practices, often rationalized by a lack of immediate negative consequences, leading to a decline ...

Last spring and summer, while oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico, much of the news coverage following the fatal explosion on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon focused on the blowout preventer located ...

Firefighting is dangerous for many reasons. The inherent risks of operating in immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) environments such as structure fires and hazmat scenes, elevated cancer ...