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Disrespect, harassment, and abuse: All in a day's work for family physicians
Canadian Family Physician, 03/20/09

Miedema B et al. - Many family physicians, particularly rural, young, and female family physicians experience worrisome levels of harassment and abuse on the job. The perpetrators are mostly patients; however, occasional abusive encounters with colleagues do occur. It is important that policies to protect family physicians in their workplaces are developed to make a clear statement to patients that such behaviour is unacceptable. If this issue is not addressed satisfactorily, the risk of family physicians leaving their clinical practices prematurely or refusing to work in certain settings, such as EDs or walk-in clinics, will only increase.

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