Violence against doctors in Romania -- a National Report

Violenceagainstdoctors,whileexercisingtheirprofession,isnotanewtopicorone that is specific to a health system; the phenomenon is widespread throughout the world and a seriesofresearchersareseekingtoidentifythesocialdeterminantsandthosespecifictothehealth system that lead to a severe situation, with the potential to transform it into a genuine social problem. More than 7 years ago, the College of Physicians in Bucharest sounded an alarm in this regard: 85% of doctors in the Romanian capital reported the experience of confronting verbal aggression from patients or relatives, and 10.2% of doctorsreported having experienced physical aggression (Bumbea, 2017). The phenomenon is difficult to track and evaluate in dynamics due to inconsistent reporting andthe difficulty of identifying figures supported by relevantresearch.Thispaperaimstoprovideanassessmentfromanationalperspective,aspart of anationalreportonphysicians' perceptions,bringingasociological perspectiveontheissueof violence against physicians, using a series of quantitative data from 2023