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A nurse was badly bitten recently in our department. We face a nearly endless barrage of verbal abuse, threats, cursing, etc.
That's not even really something out of the ordinary at this point.
- An emergency physician from Maryland
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Mentally ill patients occasionally threaten to kill me.
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