Understanding and measuring workplace violence in healthcare: a Canadian systematic framework to address a global healthcare phenomenon

Abstract Background Globally, healthcare institutions have seen a marked rise in workplace violence (WPV), especially since the Covid-19 pandemic began, affecting primarily acute care and emergency departments (EDs). At the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Canada, WPV incidents in EDs jum...

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Published in:	BMC Emergency Medicine
Main Authors:	Christian Schulz-Quach, Brendan Lyver, Charlene Reynolds, Trevor Hanagan, Jennifer Haines, John Shannon, Laura Danielle Pozzobon, Yasemin Sarraf, Sam Sabbah, Sahand Ensafi, Natasha Bloomberg, Jaswanth Gorla, Brendan Singh, Lucas B. Chartier, Marnie Escaf, Diana Elder, Marc Toppings, Brian Hodges, Rickinder Sethi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-01-01
Subjects:	Workplace Violence in Health Care Quality Improvement Emergency Department Pandemic Recovery Health Systems Innovation
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01144-1