# VIP syndrome

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For similar topic, see [VIP medicine](/source/VIP_medicine).

**VIP syndrome** is a term used to describe a situation when a perceived [VIP](/source/VIP) uses their status to influence a given professional to make unorthodox decisions under the pressure or presence of the individual.[1][2][*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] The term can be applied to any profession which has relationships with wealthy, famous or powerful clients,[3] particularly medical or airline professions.[1][3]

## Examples

- [Smolensk air disaster](/source/Smolensk_air_disaster)

- [Eckwersheim derailment](/source/Eckwersheim_derailment)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ACCP_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ACCP_1-1) Block, A. Jay (1993). ["Beware of the VIP Syndrome"](https://doi.org/10.1378%2Fchest.104.4.989b). *[Chest](/source/Chest_(journal))*. **4** (104). [American College of Chest Physicians](/source/American_College_of_Chest_Physicians): 989. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1378/chest.104.4.989b](https://doi.org/10.1378%2Fchest.104.4.989b). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [8404234](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8404234).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Weintraub, Walter (February 1964). [""The Vip Syndrome": A Clinical Study in Hospital Psychiatry"](http://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Citation/1964/02000/_the_Vip_Syndrome___A_Clinical_Study_in_Hospital.12.aspx). *The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease*. **138** (2): 181–193. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1097/00005053-196402000-00012](https://doi.org/10.1097%2F00005053-196402000-00012). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [14119515](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14119515).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-firstpost_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-firstpost_3-1) Bremer, Jack (13 April 2010). ["'VIP passenger syndrome' to blame for Polish tragedy"](http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/62077,news-comment,news-politics,vip-passenger-syndrome-to-blame-for-polish-tragedy). *[The First Post](/source/The_First_Post)*. [Dennis Publishing](/source/Dennis_Publishing). Retrieved 14 April 2010.

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