Παρακάτω δελτίο τύπου του Παγκόσμιου Ιατρικού Συλλόγου, αναφορικά με την συνεχώς αυξανόμενη συχνότητα περιστατικών βίας κατά υγειονομικών: VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH PROFESSIONS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE Dear colleagues, A rising tide of violence against physicians and health professionals is being reported to the World Medical Association. Physician leaders from Central and South America, from India and Bangladesh, and from Germany have all recently reported incidents of physicians being assaulted and even killed. The full press release "VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH PROFESSIONS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE" is available here:
https://www.wma.net/news-post/violence-against-health-professions-a-significant-public-health-challenge/
The WMA Statement on Violence and Health is available here:
https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-statement-on-violence-and-health/
Regards, WMA Secretariat -- World Medical Association, Inc. 13A chemin du Levant 01210 Ferney-Voltaire, France ph: +33 450 40 75 75 Fax: +33 450 40 59 37 E-mail: wma@wma.net WEB: www.wma.net The World Medical Association (WMA) is the global federation of National Medical Associations representing the millions of physicians worldwide. Acting on behalf of patients and physicians, the WMA endeavors to achieve the highest possible standards of medical care, ethics, education and health-related human rights for all people.