@article{ref1,
title="Violence against physicians",
journal="Journal of general internal medicine",
year="1994",
author="Paola, F. and Malik, T. and Qureshi, Alia",
volume="9",
number="9",
pages="503-506",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the incidence of violence against internists. SETTING: A county-operated tertiary care center in Nassau County, New York. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: Questionnaires were distributed to 100 internal medicine residents and attending physicians. They were asked to report: whether they had ever been assaulted or battered either by patients or by relatives of patients; the point in their medical training at which such episodes had occurred; the nature and severity of the violent episodes; and the circumstances surrounding such episodes. RESULTS: Questionnaires were returned by 63 physicians (response rate, 63%). Ten physicians (16% of the respondents) reported that they had been battered, three (5%) on multiple occasions. Twenty-six physicians (41%) reported that they had been assaulted, 15 (24%) on multiple occasions. The majority (54%) of violent episodes had been instigated either by intoxicated patients or by patients with psychiatric histories. In this small sample, no injury was reported. CONCLUSIONS: Violence against medical residents and attending physicians exists and is most commonly associated with patients who are intoxicated or who have psychiatric histories.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0884-8734",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}