Violence Against Doctors

Khan, Mehmood; Ahasan, Ham Nazmul; Mahbub, Shahriar; Alam, Billal; Miah, Titu; Gupta, Ratan Das

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“…It is important to also effectively communicate with the relatives, friends and family of the patients under their treatment [ 10 ]. In recent times we are witnessing several instances of violence against doctors and health care professionals in India and many low and middle income countries [ 11 , 12 ]. The vulnerability of the patients and their relatives, the uncertainty associated with the treatments, overcrowded hospitals and overworked health care providers contribute to many of these violent episodes.…”

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Emotional intelligence among medical students: a mixed methods study from Chennai, India

Sundararajan

Gopichandran

2018

BMC Med Educ

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BackgroundEmotional Intelligence is the ability of a person to understand and respond to one’s own and others’ emotions and use this understanding to guide one’s thoughts and actions. To assess the level of emotional intelligence of medical students in a medical college in Chennai and to explore their understanding of the role of emotions in medical practice.MethodsA quantitative, cross sectional, questionnaire based, survey was conducted among 207 medical students in a college in Chennai, India using the Quick Emotional Intelligence Self Assessment Test and some hypothetical emotional clinical vignettes. This was followed by a qualitative moderated fish-bowl discussion to elicit the opinion of medical students on role of emotions in the practice of medicine.ResultsThe mean score of Emotional Intelligence was 107.58 (SD 16.44) out of a maximum possible score of 160. Students who went to government schools for high school education had greater emotional intelligence than students from private schools (p = 0.044) and women were more emotionally intelligent in their response to emotional vignettes than men (p = 0.056). The fish bowl discussion highlighted several positive and negative impacts of emotions in clinical care. The students concluded at the end of the discussion that emotions are inevitable in the practice of medicine and a good physician should know how to handle them.ConclusionsMedical students, both men and women, had good level of emotional intelligence in the college that was studied. Students from collectivist social settings like government high schools have better emotional intelligence, which may indicate that a collectivist, community oriented medical education can serve the same purpose. Though students have diverse opinions on the role of emotions in clinical care, cognitive reflection exercises can help them understand its importance.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12909-018-1213-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Emotional intelligence among medical students: a mixed methods study from Chennai, India

Sundararajan

Gopichandran

2018

BMC Med Educ

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“…Unfortunately, no study has been conducted for identifying the nature, magnitude, determinants and impacts of such incidences in the context of Bangladesh. 3 Often the health workers experience the outrage of patient parties visiting at the hospitals or locally influential people living around the health facilities. In recent years several incidences have been reported where the health provider was either brutally injured or lost the life.…”

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Violence against health workforce in Bangladesh: a call for action

Hossain

Sultana²,

Shaha³

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Violence against health workforce has become a public health concern affecting the lives of the health professionals and the overall health service delivery to a greater extent. Common forms of workplace violence faced by healthcare professionals include verbal abuse, physical assault, bullying, sexual harassment and racial harassment. The scenario is more severe in low and middle-income countries where physicians, nurses and other health workers get exposure to such horrifying experiences in their day-to-day activities and Bangladesh is no exception in this regard. Experiencing different kind of conflicts at workplace has become a common news resulting life threatening injuries of the victims and leaving non-healing scars in the minds of those who has been serving to heal the wounds of others.

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“…17 Safety tips for health workers with impending violence: Verbally expressed anger and frustration, body language such as threatening gestures, signs of drug or alcohol use, presence of a weapon should be watched. 2,910,11,12,17,18 In Detroit hospital by installing security screening system (stationary metal detectors supplemented by hand-held units) had prevented the entry of 33 handguns, 1,324 knives and 97 mace-type sprays during a 6-month period. In New York City hospital, making restrictive movement of visitors by using identification badges and colour-coded passes to limit each visitor to a specific floor reduced the number of reported violent crimes by 65% in about 18 months.…”

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“…In Israel 90% of the support staff and 70% of the physicians working in a hospital emergency rooms have reported violent acts of which mostly are verbal abuse. 2,3,4,5 In Australia 58% of General Practitioners had experienced verbal abuse and 18% experienced property damage. In Kuwait 86% of doctors had experienced verbal insults or imminent threat of violence, while 28% had experienced physical attacks of which 7% reported serious or fatal injury.…”

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Violence Against Doctors- An Overview

Mittal¹,

Garg²

2017

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BACKGROUNDThese days violence against doctors is in the news frequently. Many reports concerning medical professionals of being assaulted, even killed by patients' disgruntled relatives. This violence is not limited to India, but situation seems to be similar in other countries all over the world. Among the various professions, medical professionals are among the most commonly being subjected to violence. Psychological distress is common in medical professionals who have experienced violence like depression, insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, agoraphobia and even a level of fear and/or anxiety that can cause work absenteeism. When we think how we can get rid of this situation, we must remember that practice of medicine is really about providing service, not just science. It is basically a combination of art, science and professionalism. The fundamentals of medicine are to care people with respect and dignity that are aimed at helping the sick through healing, alleviating suffering. This role of physician must be guided by the codes of ethics.

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Violence Against Doctors

Abstract: DOI: 10.3329/jom.v11i2.5465J MEDICINE 2010; 11 : 167-169

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Emotional intelligence among medical students: a mixed methods study from Chennai, India

Emotional intelligence among medical students: a mixed methods study from Chennai, India

Violence against health workforce in Bangladesh: a call for action

Violence Against Doctors- An Overview

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