| Violence in forensic medicine practice: a survey of legal medicine practitioners' views. | |
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PMID: 19696578 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: : To survey the extent of abuse and violence directed toward legal medicine practitioners during the course of their professional duties and to categorize the characteristics of such aggression. MATERIALS AND METHODS: : Retrospective survey of the views of a large sample of Tehran's legal medicine practitioners by using a piloted anonymous questionnaire. RESULTS: : In all, 105 (86.1%) of the responders had experienced verbal abuse during the previous 12 months, 79 (64.7%) had experienced some sort of verbal abuse at least once a month, 39 (32%) had experienced verbal abuse every week, and 13 (10.7%) had experienced verbal abuse every day. Of the 122 legal medicine physicians, 39 (32%) were exposed to specific threats, 8 (6.6%) were exposed to physical action without injury, and 7 (5.7%) had experience serious incidents including threats with a weapon or attacks leading to physical injury over the previous year. Even assuming that all the nonresponders did not experience any violence, the aggression by patients affected 75% of legal medicine practitioners in the Tehran province. CONCLUSION: : Violence toward Tehran's legal medicine practitioners is very common and may be increasing. Some of the participating factors of aggression are potentially avoidable and practices should make strenuous attempts to identify such factors and remedy them. Staff training in interpersonal skills and recognizing anxious patients are essential. Doctors should avoid delays for patients by rearranging the booking policies, visit times, and duration. Victims of aggression must be followed up. |
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Authors:
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Ardeshir Sheikhazadi; Kiani Mehrzad; Taghaddosinejad Fakhredin |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology Volume: 30 ISSN: 1533-404X ISO Abbreviation: Am J Forensic Med Pathol Publication Date: 2009 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-08-21 Completed Date: 2009-12-22 Revised Date: 2011-02-02 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8108948 Medline TA: Am J Forensic Med Pathol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 238-41 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Legal Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ardeshirsheikhazadi@yahoo.com |
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Adult Aggression Alcoholic Intoxication / epidemiology Anxiety Attitude of Health Personnel* Fear Fees and Charges Female Forensic Medicine* Humans Iran / epidemiology Male Mental Disorders / epidemiology Middle Aged Physicians / statistics & numerical data* Police Questionnaires Retrospective Studies Verbal Behavior Violence / statistics & numerical data* Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology |
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