病人受虐

病人受虐或病人忽視是指造成病人不合理痛苦或傷害的作為或是不作為。其中可能包括身體虐待或是性侵犯，也包括不提供必要的食物、身體照顧或醫療協助。病人受虐可能發生在醫院、、診所或家訪過程中。

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參考資料

延伸閱讀
書籍
 Bostwick JS The Patient Abuse and Neglect of Our Vulnerable Adults: America's Shame (2008)
 Caron NK Impact of effectiveness in implementation of the patient abuse reporting law on the reporting of "physical abuse, mistreatment, neglect" in residential health care facilities (1981)
  Close BA, Greenberg MS, Morgenstern BR Nursing Home Patient Abuse - Realities and Remedies (1981) 
 Costa, MD Gynocide: Hysterectomy, Capitalist Patriarchy, and the Medical Abuse of Women (2007)
 Mackay T Without Due Care - An Australian Hospital Tragedy  (2010)
 Shannon JM Patient abuse law: the reality (1983)
 Sundram CJ Patient abuse and mistreatment in psychiatric centers: a policy for reporting apparent crimes to and response by law enforcement agencies (1985)
 Thomas G Journey into madness:the true story of secret CIA mind control and medical abuse (1989)

醫學文獻
 Armstrong B A Question of Abuse: Where Staff and Patient Rights Collide - Hosp Community Psychiatry 1979 May;30(5):348-51. 
 Burkin K, Kleiner BH (1998) "Protecting the whistleblower: preventing retaliation following a report of patient abuse in health-care institutions", Health Manpower Management, Vol.24 Issue 3 Pages 119-124 
 Gutheil TG Patient Abuse - Hosp Community Psychiatry 35:832, August 1984 
 Isaacman SH Patient Abuse in Rural Midwestern Pregnant Women? - Archives of Family Medicine, 1993;2(4):351.
 LaRocco SA Patient Abuse Should Be Your Concern - Journal of Nursing Administration April 1985 - Volume 15 Issue 4 Pages 27-31 
 LaRocco SA A case of patient abuse - American Journal of Nursing: November 1985 - Volume 85 Issue 11 Pages 1233-1236 
 Santistevan A, Deiker T Asking the Patient About Abuse and Neglect-Five-Point Plan, Las Vegas (NM) Medical Center 1988 
 Sundram CJ Obstacles to Reducing Patient Abuse in Public Institutions Hosp Community Psychiatry 35:238-243, March 1984

外部連結
 Patient abuse - nurse struck off 
 Patients First 
 Stop Patient Abuse
 Doctor faces court-martial in patient abuse case 
 California Patient Abuse and Neglect Reporting Requirements Summary

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