martes, 21 de junio de 2016

Workplace Violence against Health Care Workers in the United States — NEJM

Workplace Violence against Health Care Workers in the United States — NEJM





Violence against health care professionals in the workplace is underreported and understudied. Additional data are needed to understand steps that might be taken to reduce the risk.
Disclosure forms provided by the author are available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org.
No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
I thank Jonathan Edlow, M.D., and Gregory Ciottone, M.D., for their guidance and support; and Oluseyi Aliu, M.D., and Timothy L. Weston, LL.M., for their assistance.

SOURCE INFORMATION

From Harvard Medical School and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — both in Boston.
Address reprint requests to Dr. Phillips at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Rd., Boston, MA 02215, or at.

MEDIA IN THIS ARTICLE

FIGURE 1States with Enhanced Penalties for Violence against Health Care Workers.
FIGURE 2Rates of Workplace Violence with Injury Requiring Missed Workdays.

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