64% Of Medical Professionals Are Subject To Insults And Threats

Researchers from the University of Zaragoza have studied violence suffered by medical professionals whilst carrying out their profession. The data show that 11% of doctors have been victims of physical aggression and 5% have been subject to this on more than one occasion, whereas 64% of medical professionals are subjected to threats, coercion and insults. Until a few years ago the only knowledge regarding aggressive activities in hospitals concerned extreme cases.

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Filed under: Primary Care on April 1st, 2009