VIP syndrome

'''VIP syndrome''' is a term used to describe a situation when a perceived [[VIP]] uses their status to influence a given professional to make unorthodox decisions under the pressure or presence of the individual.<ref name="ACCP">{{cite journal |last1=Block |first1=A. Jay |year=1993 |title=Beware of the VIP Syndrome |journal=[[Chest (journal)|Chest]] |publisher=[[American College of Chest Physicians]] |volume=4 |issue=104 |pages=989 |doi=10.1378/chest.104.4.989b |pmid=8404234|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Citation/1964/02000/_the_Vip_Syndrome___A_Clinical_Study_in_Hospital.12.aspx|title = "The Vip Syndrome": A Clinical Study in Hospital Psychiatry|journal = The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease|date = February 1964|volume = 138|issue = 2|pages = 181–193|last1 = Weintraub|first1 = Walter|doi = 10.1097/00005053-196402000-00012|pmid = 14119515|url-access = subscription}}</ref>{{dead link|date=October 2025}} The term can be applied to any profession which has relationships with wealthy, famous or powerful clients,<ref name="firstpost">{{cite web|last=Bremer|first=Jack|title='VIP passenger syndrome' to blame for Polish tragedy|url=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/62077,news-comment,news-politics,vip-passenger-syndrome-to-blame-for-polish-tragedy|work=[[The First Post]]|publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]]|access-date=14 April 2010|date=13 April 2010}}</ref> particularly medical or airline professions.<ref name="ACCP" /><ref name="firstpost" />

==Examples== *[[Smolensk air disaster]] *[[Eckwersheim derailment]]

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