Aggression against Doctors: A Review
Open Access
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
- Vol. 89 (2) , 69-72
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014107689608900203
Abstract
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.Keywords
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