HOSPITAL’S VIOLENCE IN PATIENTS

Abstract

Patients/users appear susceptible to all kinds of stimuli and relationship arising within the hospital context where the care given is defined as impersonal and lacking privacy, posing the potential threat of becoming a victim to violent actions. Aiming at making a contribution to the improvement of health care given in hospitals, the importance of providing health care based on dignity and respect for the patients calls for a study of the violence issue that patients seem to perceive within health care contexts.