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Study highlights need to protect physician residents, emergency care teams from physical or verbal abuse

Study highlights need to protect physician residents, emergency care teams from physical or verbal abuse A new study in Annals of Emergency Medicine highlights the importance of protecting physician residents early-career doctors still in training and emergency care teams from incidents of physical or verbal abuse. The survey of 123 physicians, residents, and staff in one emergency department found that 78 percent of all health care workers experienced a violent assault in the prior 12 months, including more than one in five (22 percent) emergency physician residents. Eighty-nine percent of residents experienced verbal assault by a patient in the prior 12 months, compared to 80 percent of other health care workers.

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