Violence in the emergency department not only poses a threat to employees, but it harms patient care, doctors say.
Monday, October 3, 2022
 

"Emergency medicine is hemorrhaging nurses, technicians, and doctors that rightfully can no longer accept the ongoing violence that they experience daily." — Alex Skog, MD, president-elect, Oregon Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

Violence in the emergency department not only poses a threat to employees, but it harms patient care, doctors say.

For this week's lead story, HealthLeaders looks at some of the ramifications when patients or their family assault the healthcare workers who are trying to help them.
 

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Carol Davis
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