Aggression against Doctors: A Review
Author(s) -
Richard Hobbs,
Ursula M Keane
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1177/014107689608900203
Subject(s) - intimidation , newspaper , aggression , poison control , medicine , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , medical profession , medical emergency , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , criminology , family medicine , psychiatry , psychology , political science , law , social psychology , pathology
Although the number of doctors abused is comparatively small, the perceived risk of violence presents a major issue for the whole profession since the consequences extend to all doctors through the intimidation reports in the medical press and newspapers engender.
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