TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Violence against physicians
JO  - Journal of general internal medicine
A1  - Paola, F.
A1  - Malik, T.
A1  - Qureshi, Alia
SP  - 503
EP  - 506
VL  - 9
IS  - 9
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0884-8734
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -