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Physician homicide: Reports in the National Violent Death Reporting System (2003-2018).

Brooke E PalmerRachel D BarnesRebecca L FreeseMichael H KimWilliam N Robiner
Published in: Comprehensive psychiatry (2024)
Physician homicides are relatively rare and occur at lower rates than in the general population. Physicians were more frequently killed by partners or ex-partners than by patients. Most homicides occurred away from the workplace. Broader efforts are needed to promote interventions throughout America's violent society to reduce domestic/partner violence and gun violence.
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