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Parents "Letting Rip" at British Pediatricians
Michael Fitzpatrick
JAMA. 2001;285:1145.
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Dublin—A recent study suggests that as many as two of three pediatricians in the United Kingdom experience violent behavior by patients' relatives each year.
A recent report by Gerry Mackin, MD, of the Little Acorns Pediatric Unit, Derry, Northern Ireland (Arch Dis Child. 2001;84:106-108), online at http://www.archdischild.com, reports the results of a survey of 75 pediatricians in three UK regions: Northern Ireland, South Thames, and North West England. The study showed that more than 90% of respondents had experienced at least one violent incident. Nearly two thirds of the incidents had occurred during the previous 12 months.
Surprisingly, said Mackin, aggression came not just from patients' fathers, and various factors were the source of provocation. "Abuse could come from both mothers and fathers, and I found a lot of attacks were the result of parents' drug- or alcohol-associated problems. With a sick child you often . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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