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Causes for patient outbursts vary, including psychiatric diagnosis, under the influence of drugs or alcohol, [4] or subject to a long wait time. [5] Certain areas are more at risk for this kind of violence including healthcare workers in psychiatric settings, emergency or critical care, or long-term care and dementia units. [1]
[7] [8] For the healthcare worker however, psychological damage such as post-traumatic stress can result, [4] in addition to a decrease in job motivation. [7] Aggression also harms patient care. Rude remarks from patients or their family members can distract healthcare professionals and cause them to make mistakes during a medical procedure. [9]
The Indian Medical Association has reported that 75% of doctors face verbal or physical abuse in hospital premises and fear of violence was the most common cause for stress for 43% doctors. [4] [5] The highest number of violence was reported at the point of emergency care and 70% of the cases of violence were initiated by the patient's ...
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Surveillance video from a Minnesota hospital captured a patient going on a violent rampage that ended in tragedy. A patient, 68-year-old Charles Emmet Logan Sr., attacking multiple nurses at St ...
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Violence against doctors and other medical practitioners in China has been reported as an increasing problem. [1] National Ministry of Health statistics indicate that the number of violent incidents against hospitals and medical staff increased from about 10,000 in 2005 to more than 17,000 in 2010. [2]
The Special Allocation Scheme [1] (SAS) is a process within the National Health Service in England, that allows general practitioners to deny their patients access to their general practice and others general practice if they think a patient's behaviour is aggressive or violent, limiting a patient's access to primary care to centres that have mitigations for risk of violence.