This paper sets out to estimate the prevalence of workplace violence in relation to socio-demographic characteristics of physicians and nurses working in healthcare settings in Macau. Background: Concerted efforts worldwide to reduce workplace violence (WPV) have not yet removed medical-related professionals from the threat of patients', family members', and colleagues' physical and other assau...

This discussion paper is the third in a series produced for the Taskforce on the Prevention and Management of Violence in the Health Workplace. The first discussion paper focused on the patterns of occupational violence that have been reported in the published literature. The second discussion paper highlighted strategies that may reduce the risk of occupational violence, with detailed discussi...