Violence against Doctors: Experiences and Perspectives of Medical Practitioners from Gujarat

Dr.Anish Sinha*, Dr.Apurva kumar Pandya, Dr.Shyam Pingle

doi:10.15520/ijmhs.v10i05.2908

Violence against Doctors: Experiences and Perspectives of Medical Practitioners from Gujarat

Dr.Anish Sinha*, Dr.Apurva kumar Pandya, Dr.Shyam Pingle

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Dr.Anish Sinha*, Dr.Apurva kumar Pandya, Dr.Shyam Pingle, “Violence against Doctors: Experiences and Perspectives of Medical Practitioners from Gujarat”, ijmhs, vol. 10, no. 05, pp. 826–830, May 2020.

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Background: Incidents of violence against medical practitioners are making headlines
in the media and is increasing since a decade.
Aim: This study assessed incidents of violence against medical practitioners from
public and private healthcare settings and from various specialities in Gandhinagar
District of Gujarat.
Methods and Materials: Using a cross-sectional research design, 72 medical practitioners,
from different specialities including family physician and from various practice
settings in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat State, were briefly interviewed using the
semi-structured interview protocol.
Results: Incidents of violence against medical practitioners is on rise in the recent
time. More than half medical practitioners (57%) reported being subjected to assault
in last 1 year, 13% had reported experiencing some sort of abuse last quarter whereas
8% of them expressed experience of assault at-least once in a quarter. Medical practitioners
in critical care unit, emergency care, surgical specialities, and male doctors
reported higher incidents of violence compared to their counterpart. Key determinants
of violence were death of a patient, distrust on doctors and treatment, high fees, very
high expectations from medical practitioners, dissatisfaction from treatment services,
intoxicated patients’ relatives, high workload and limited manpower especially in Government
sector and media over-reaction.
Conclusion: The study revealed high incidence of violence against medical practitioners.
Some of the causes of aggression are potentially preventable. In addition to
the law for protecting medical practitioners from violence, training on communication
skills and centralised recording of incidents need to be prioritized.
Key words: Medical practitioners–doctors–violence–assaults–Gujarat–India.

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