For most of the past 100 years, doctors typically had three ways to treat cancer: remove it surgically, destroy it with radiation, or reduce it with chemotherapy. For many patients, these approaches ...

Nurses being held hostage by violent patients at a northern rivers detox unit are being offered “de-escalation and resilience” training instead of permanent security they say they desperately need.

A 20-minute VR programme developed at Edith Cowan University uses branching scenarios to train adaptive de-escalation skills ...

University of Queensland research has found verbal and physical abuse of medical receptionists by patients is rife, and causing lasting harm. Dr Fiona Willer from UQ's Centre for Community Health and ...

Many Medicare patients with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment at the expense of supportive care, according to a study that analyzed Medicare records. The study, published in ...

Patient aggression towards receptionists working in general practice is a "serious workplace safety concern," concludes a review of the available evidence published in Family Medicine and Community ...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geneos Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company developing personalized immunotherapies for cancer (PICs), today announced that two patients with ...

Texas Children’s Hospital is facing $15,625 in penalties after a security officer was hospitalized in an attack, according to federal authorities. During the Nov. 10, 2022, attack, authorities said ...

Patient aggression towards receptionists working in general practice is a “serious workplace safety concern,” concludes a review of the available published evidence, published in the open access ...

May 3, 2007 — For patients with advanced cancer, aggressive treatment in the last week of life is linked to a worse quality of death and less likelihood of dying in the place of the patient's choice, ...