The frequency of patient-initiated violence and its psychological impact on physicians in china: a cross-sectional study.

INTRODUCTION:In China, the severity of medical disputes has greatly increased during the past two decades, which has caused various adverse outcomes for health professionals. Previous research on violence in healthcare settings has primarily examined the occurrence of patient-initiated violence and...

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Main Authors: Jianwei Shi, Sheng Wang, Ping Zhou, Leiyu Shi, Yu Zhang, Fei Bai, Di Xue, Xinkai Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128394