Hoffling Flashcards
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Who and when hoffling
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Hofling in 1966 follow on study from milgrims
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Method hoffling
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More realistic carried out on nurses who didn’t no they were involved.
22 night shift nurses.
Fake dr rang & instructed the nurses to give out a 20mg dose of a drug which is usually only max 10mg.
(Drug was fake)
Said he would sign a authorisation form later on.
Against hospital, law to give a medical instruction over phone.
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Results hoffling
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21 out of 22 done so.
Control group-
Asked other nurses would they obey they all said no. This is not a good control a better control would have been to get a nurse of the same ranking to make the phone call and to see if the rates of obedience were the same.
