@article{ref1,
title="Violence against health professionals and facilities in China: evidence from criminal litigation records",
journal="Journal of forensic and legal medicine",
year="2019",
author="Li, Niying and Wang, Zhan and Dear, Keith",
volume="67",
number="",
pages="1-6",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study aims to extend the current understanding of violence against health professionals and facilities in China, with data from an authoritative, national-representative, but under-researched data source - litigation records, and discuss implications for developing violence prevention strategies. <br><br>DESIGN: We collected all legal cases relevant to violence against health professionals and facilities from criminal ligation records released by the Supreme Court of China from 2010 to 2016. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (i) Characteristics of perpetrators: gender, age, education, occupation, history of mental illness and alcohol; (ii) characteristics of victims: medical specialization, location, type of violence; (iii) outcome of treatment. <br><br>RESULTS: 140 cases were collected for analysis. Beating, pushing, verbal abuse, threatening, burning mock paper money, placing a corpse in the hospital, hanging banners, blocking hospital gates and doors, and smashing hospital property were the most frequently reported types of violence. Specifically following patient deaths, the interval between a patient's death and violence by the patient's families and friends was short, with 51% happening on the same day. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides a comprehensive overview of violence against health professionals and facilities in China, which can be used to inform the development of prevention strategies.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1752-928X",
doi="10.1016/j.jflm.2019.07.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2019.07.006"
}