Gaslighting in the context of diagnostic safety: a concept analysis.

Gaslighting is an underexplored form of team dysfunction that can undermine diagnostic safety. This review describes gaslighting in healthcare teams as dismissiveness, undermining, and inducing doubt in colleagues’ clinical judgment. Contributing factors include hierarchy, workplace stress, and poor communication, consequences include emotional distress, loss of trust, and greater risk of diagnostic error. The author argues that organizations should promote psychological safety, open dialogue, and professional respect to mitigate gaslighting in diagnostic teams.