Violence Against Doctors

Rise in violence against doctors in Turkey, elsewhere.

Appeal from Chinese doctors to end violence.

Complaints against doctors.

Competing interests: PK directs a university unit that generates income from teaching communication skills. provenance and peer review: Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed. Could be reduced by identifying and remedying poor communication skills early on Clinical communication skills are at the heart of medical practice, and poor performance is an important factor in the origins of compla...

How doctors should react to domestic violence.

A palpable alarm echoed throughout Hong Kong when two young children were chopped to death and another critically wounded by their father before he hanged himself on 20 January 2002. Domestic violence in the form of homicide, suicide, spouse battering, and child abuse are among the most common social and mental health problems worldwide. Such incidents are but the tip of an invisible iceberg of...

Violence against doctors, a serious concern for healthcare organizations to ponder about

Background Aggression and Violence against primary care physicians is reportedly common in Pakistan but there is no any documented study to-date on this burning issue. Methods A formed written questionnaire was distributed among 769 primary care physicians aged 31 ± 7.68 years. Apart from the demographic data, the questionnaire included questions regarding the level of safety that primary car...