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| Title |
How Should Physicians Make Decisions about Mandatory Reporting When a Patient Might Become Violent?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The AMA Journal of Ethic, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.ecas1-1801 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Amy Barnhorst, Garen Wintemute, Marian E Betz |
| Abstract |
Mandatory reporting of persons believed to be at imminent risk for committing violence or attempting suicide can pose an ethical dilemma for physicians, who might find themselves struggling to balance various conflicting interests. Legal statutes dictate general scenarios that require mandatory reporting to supersede confidentiality requirements, but physicians must use clinical judgment to determine whether and when a particular case meets the requirement. In situations in which it is not clear whether reporting is legally required, the situation should be analyzed for its benefit to the patient and to public safety. Access to firearms can complicate these situations, as firearms are a well-established risk factor for violence and suicide yet also a sensitive topic about which physicians and patients might have strong personal beliefs. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 34 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 32% |
| Canada | 2 | 6% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 16 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 22 | 65% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 21% |
| Scientists | 5 | 15% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 25 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 25 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 3 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 12% |
| Researcher | 3 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 16% |
| Unknown | 8 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 20% |
| Psychology | 3 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 12% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Unknown | 10 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 July 2023.
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