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Patient safety managers throughout the state report reluctance on the part of clinicians to be involved in RCAs for fear that they may become embroiled in Walker-style inquiries. [...]almost all the incidents complained of did not involve egregiously culpable behaviour, such as drunkenness or deliberately unsafe acts, but resulted from clinical errors in which three closely related elements-the doctor's actions, the patient's illness, and the system-have yet to be unravelled before an assessment can be made about any individual culpability.