Survey: Two-thirds of doctors experience violence in their everyday work
A survey by the Deutsches Ärzteblatt shows that 66 percent of the doctors surveyed have already experienced violence in a professional context. 56 percent report an increase in such incidents. Hotspots are registration and waiting areas in outpatient care, as well as emergency rooms in clinics.
The most common form is verbal violence (89 percent), followed by physical violence (47 percent). Around 40 percent cite psychological violence, 16 percent discriminatory assaults based on origin or religion.
At the New Year’s press conference, the President of the German Medical Association, Dr. Klaus Reinhardt, explained that attacks on helpers destroy the relationship of trust in medical care and endanger the functioning of the health care system. Such acts must be prosecuted more consistently and punished more severely.
Reinhardt welcomed the draft law of the Federal Ministry of Justice to strengthen the criminal protection of the community. This provides for prison sentences of at least three months if health professionals are prevented from working by violence, and at least six months for physical attacks.
Better equipment for law enforcement agencies and simpler, faster and low-threshold reporting procedures are also crucial.
The contribution of the Deutsches Ärzteblatt to the survey is available online.
Editor: X-Press Journalistenbüro GbR
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