title: Physician, protect thyself.
abstract: Increasingly, health care workers are being threatened and physically attacked by the people they are trying to help. What can physicians do to protect themselves and their coworkers?
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authors.lastname: Sibbald
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006282:Health Personnel; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010820:Physicians; D012449:Safety; D013038:Specialization; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*