Uniformed health care professionals operate in complex environments. We presume our partners’ mission perspective mirrors our own; they share and support our goals. This case demonstrates how this “self-deception” blinds and limits us. Seeing this self-deceit enables us to adjust our efforts to better accomplish our mission.
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