Published in:
01-07-2019 | Reflections
The MacGyver bias and attraction of homemade devices in healthcare
Authors:
Laura V. Duggan, MD, FRCPC, Stuart D. Marshall, MBChB, FANZA, PhD, Jeanette Scott, MB, FANZA, Peter G. Brindley, MD, FRCPC, Hilary P. Grocott, MD, FRCPC
Published in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Issue 7/2019
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Excerpt
Angus “Mac” MacGyver is arguably one of the most famous fictional characters in modern pop culture. In the original television series (that aired from 1985 to 1992), MacGyver routinely overcame seemingly insoluble problems under time pressure with nothing more than readily available items (e.g., a Swiss Army knife, paper clip, and a chewing gum wrapper), common sense, and scientific acumen. This think-on-your-feet approach has held such a decades-long widespread appeal that “MacGyver” has become part of the modern vernacular, including its entry as a verb into the Oxford English Dictionary: “To make or repair (an object) in an improvised or inventive manner, making use of whatever items are at hand.”
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