The Cambridge dictionary defines conflict of interest as –
a situation in which someone cannot make a fair decision because they will be affected by the result.
Merriam Webster has a more nuanced definition of conflict of interest –
a conflict between the private interests and the official responsibilities of a person in a position of trust
This post and the #HealthXPH tweet chat on December 2, 9 pm PHT is inspired by an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, The Power of Regret, by Dr. Jerome Groopman & Dr. Pamela Hartzband last October. In it, regret is defined as having two essential elements –
… imagining that the present situation would have been better if one had acted differently, and self-recrimination for having made a choice that led to a bad outcome.
