Comment Summary

A recent survey shows that 2-5% of patients have had an urge to kill their doctor, http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13954-urge-to-kill-doctors-increased-by-pain.html. What is your experience with this finding?
#	Response Date	Other (please specify)
1.	6/11/2008 12:13:00 PM	none of the above
2.	6/11/2008 1:24:00 PM	One of my residents has been physically attacked, however. Also I have been the recipient of threats to kill.
3.	6/11/2008 2:09:00 PM	and just as many try to kill financially (sue)
4.	6/11/2008 5:36:00 PM	A patient made death threats against me and I had to involve the criminal justice system
5.	6/12/2008 4:37:00 AM	patients routinely threaten/bully physicians staff with potential frivilous lawsuits as well
6.	6/14/2008 2:23:00 AM	A med school classmate was murdered by a patient
7.	6/14/2008 7:11:00 PM	Note that in my experience, violence in healthcare settings is largely confined to patients under the influence of drugs/alcohol or those with an agitated form of mental illness. The lay press reports the phenomenon in a biased manner
8.	6/16/2008 11:05:00 PM	physically threatened
9.	6/23/2008 3:00:00 PM	Why don't you ask if doctors sometimes have urges to kill their patients :-)
10.	6/24/2008 3:02:00 AM	Yes, and they are filling out patient satisfaction surveys on Healthgrades.