title: US report on violence in the medical workplace may hold lessons for Canadian MDs.
abstract: Concern about the growing incidence of violence against health care professionals has prompted the Young Physicians Section of the American Medical Association to research and develop a publication designed to raise physicians' awareness. Violence in the Medical Workplace. Prevention Strategies provides some commonsense precautions that could minimize the possibility a physician will fall victim to violence at the hands of a patient.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016272:Occupational Health; D010820:Physicians; D012637:Security Measures; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017132:Workplace