Is There a Cure for Violence?
If you want to avoid violence, stay away from hospitals. The first time I went to an emer- gency room, to pick up an elderly friar who had taken a fall, I was shocked to encounter armed guards, metal detectors, police officers and even a handcuffed prisoner sitting in the waiting area. Was I in a hospital or a jail? This brief, daytime experience changed my im- age of emergency care forever. Since that first visit, I have learned that things are even worse than they appeared that day. Hospitals are dangerous places.
Charles
C
Bouchard
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*