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Physician Mistreatment by Patients, Visitors and Doctors

August 4, 2022 12:48 AM

By UPI News and Staff Reporters

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Nearly 1 in 4 hospital doctors are mistreated at work by patients, visitors and other doctors, and female doctors are nearly two times more likely than male doctors to face this abuse, a new study reveals.

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“All members of the healthcare team share the responsibility to mitigate mistreatment,” said senior study author Dr. Mickey Trockel, a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and director of Evidence Based Innovation for the Stanford WellMD/WellPhD Center.

LINK: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/1-in-4-hospital-physicians-face-mistreatment-by-patients-visitors/ar-AAXa6Jp?li=BBnb7Kz

MD Burnout: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2017/12/03/u-s-hospitals-feeling-the-pain-of-physician-burnout/