@article{ref1,
title="Violence Against General Practitioners in Turkey",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2009",
author="Aydin, Birol and Kartal, Mehtap and Midik, Ozlem and Buyukakkus, Alper",
volume="24",
number="12",
pages="1980-1995",
abstract="We aimed to determine the violence against general practitioners (GPs) through their suggestions on its cause and prevention. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study based on self-administered questionnaire answered by a convenience study population consisting of 522 GPs between November and December 2006. Of the participating GPs, 82.8% reported that they experienced violence. They reported 1,020 events, and verbal form was the most common form (89.3%). Verbal and sexual violence were seen more frequently among women, whereas physical and economic violence were more frequent with men. Perpetrators were patients and/or their relatives in 91.1% of the events. However, they were colleagues and superiors in 67.9% of the economic and sexual violence events. Violence against GPs warrants more attention. For its prevention, there is a need of continuous professional, administrative, and legal support from the government along with systematic, coordinated implementations independent from daily political concerns. <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260508327703",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260508327703"
}