Manca Donna P
Grey Nuns Family Medicine Centre, Edmonton, Alta.
Can Fam Physician. 2005 Dec;51(12):1640-5.
To increase awareness of the stalking and harassing behaviour physicians sometimes encounter from patients and to explore how best to approach and address this behaviour.
A physician's personal reflection of a stalking incident is combined with a review of the literature. Few studies have addressed this subject.
Any family physician could be the victim of stalking. Physicians' routines and schedules are often public knowledge because of their availability to their practices; thus they are particularly vulnerable to stalkers. We rarely think of women stalking female family physicians; however, it is likely more common than we realize. Increased awareness of this phenomenon and appropriate interventions could reduce escalation of harassing behaviour. Helpful strategies could include recognizing and addressing the behaviour early, seeking assistance, and documenting all incidents in a separate file that includes tape recordings or other material.
We should explore stalking and harassing behaviour openly and become aware of the risks so that we can identify appropriate strategies to avert problems and deal with stalkers.
提高对医生有时会遭遇的患者跟踪骚扰行为的认识，并探索应对和处理这种行为的最佳方式。
医生对一起跟踪事件的个人反思与文献综述相结合。很少有研究涉及这个主题。
任何家庭医生都可能成为跟踪行为的受害者。由于医生在诊所的工作时间安排通常是公开信息，所以他们特别容易成为跟踪者的目标。我们很少会想到女性会跟踪女性家庭医生；然而，这种情况可能比我们意识到的更为常见。提高对这一现象的认识并采取适当干预措施可以减少骚扰行为的升级。有用的策略可能包括尽早识别并处理这种行为、寻求帮助，以及将所有事件记录在一个单独的文件中，包括录音或其他材料。
我们应该公开探讨跟踪和骚扰行为，意识到其中的风险，以便能够确定适当的策略来避免问题并应对跟踪者。
