TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Violence Against General Practitioners in Turkey JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Aydin, Birol A1 - Kartal, Mehtap A1 - Midik, Ozlem A1 - Buyukakkus, Alper SP - 1980 EP - 1995 VL - 24 IS - 12 N2 - 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.

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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260508327703 ID - ref1 ER -