ペイシェントハラスメント

noun

patient harassment; harassment of healthcare workers by patients or their families

Refers to verbal abuse, unreasonable demands, or physical aggression directed at doctors, nurses, and other medical staff by patients or their relatives. Often discussed in the context of workplace safety in Japanese healthcare.

• ペイシェントハラスメント対たい策さくとして、病びょう院いんは警けい備び員いんを配はい置ちした。

  As a measure against patient harassment, the hospital stationed security guards.

• 看かん護ご師しの離り職しょく理り由ゆうの一ひとつにペイシェントハラスメントがある。

  One reason nurses leave their jobs is patient harassment.