MedPage Today (10/27, Basen) reports, “Most healthcare workers experience violence in emergency departments (EDs), but they seldomly report it to anyone, according to Mayo Clinic researchers.” MedPage Today adds, “Over 6 months prior to being surveyed, 72% of healthcare workers and other ED staff said they had personally experienced violence (71% verbal abuse and 31% physical assault), Sarayna McGuire, MD…reported in a series of three studies at the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting.”
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