{"title":"Occupational violence and staff safety in general practice.","authors":"Steven Moylan","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The recent death of a Victorian surgeon who was assaulted by a member of the public when leaving work has re-highlighted the risk and potential cost of violence experienced by healthcare workers.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this article is to outline the risk of occupational violence experienced by doctors, and general practitioners in particular, and to discuss practical measures that can be taken to manage this risk.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The majority of doctors have experienced aggression or violence in their workplaces in the past 12 months. Risks for violence include elements of workplace design, policy and procedures, and client factors. A series of practical tools designed to assist the assessment and management of risk of occupational violence are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8653,"journal":{"name":"Australian family physician","volume":"46 12","pages":"952-956"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australian family physician","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: The recent death of a Victorian surgeon who was assaulted by a member of the public when leaving work has re-highlighted the risk and potential cost of violence experienced by healthcare workers.
Objective: The aim of this article is to outline the risk of occupational violence experienced by doctors, and general practitioners in particular, and to discuss practical measures that can be taken to manage this risk.
Discussion: The majority of doctors have experienced aggression or violence in their workplaces in the past 12 months. Risks for violence include elements of workplace design, policy and procedures, and client factors. A series of practical tools designed to assist the assessment and management of risk of occupational violence are discussed.
期刊介绍：
The Australian Journal of General Practice (AJGP) aims to provide relevant, evidence-based, clearly articulated information to Australian GPs to assist them in providing the highest quality patient care, applicable to the varied geographic and social contexts in which GPs work and to all GP roles as clinician, researcher, educator, practice team member and opinion leader. All articles are subject to a peer-review process before they are accepted for publication. The journal is indexed in MEDLINE, Index Medicus and Science Citation Index Expanded.
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