Patient abuse

Patient abuse or patient neglect is any action or failure to act which causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient.^[1] Elder abuse is classified as patient abuse of those older than 60 and forms a large proportion of patient abuse.^[2]

Abuse includes physically striking or sexually assaulting a patient. It also includes the intentional withholding of necessary food, physical care, and medical attention.
Neglect includes the failure to properly attend to the needs and care of a patient, or the unintentional causing of injury to a patient, whether by act or omission.^[3]

Patient abuse and neglect may occur in settings such as hospitals,^[4] nursing homes,^[5] clinics^[6] and during home-based care.^[7] Health professionals who abuse patients may be deemed unfit to practice and have their medical license removed^[8]^: 20 as well as facing criminal charges as well as civil cases.

Abuse amongst the general adult population has not been well-addressed in literature.^[2]^: 8

^ "Patient Abuse". Stop Fraud Colorado. Colorado Attorney General's Office. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Goodman, Octavia (2020). Preventing Patient Abuse: Why Abuse Happens and How to Stop It (PDF). The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety – Foundation.
^ "Medicaid Fraud Definitions". Office of the Attorney General. State of Ohio. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ Slavin, Erik (16 January 2010). "Doctor faces court-martial in patient abuse case". Stars & Stripes. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ "Patient abuse – nurse struck off". BBC News. 30 April 2003. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ Krell, Alexis (9 October 2017). "Doctor charged with sex crimes at Bremerton clinic is at center of women's lawsuit". The News Tribune. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ Gorman, Anna (6 January 2015). "When Home Caregivers Kill the Elderly With Neglect". The Atlantic. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ The GMC's fitness to practise procedures (PDF). General Medical Council.

[sfc-1] "Patient Abuse". Stop Fraud Colorado. Colorado Attorney General's Office. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[:0-2] Goodman, Octavia (2020). Preventing Patient Abuse: Why Abuse Happens and How to Stop It (PDF). The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety – Foundation.

[3] "Medicaid Fraud Definitions". Office of the Attorney General. State of Ohio. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[4] Slavin, Erik (16 January 2010). "Doctor faces court-martial in patient abuse case". Stars & Stripes. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[5] "Patient abuse – nurse struck off". BBC News. 30 April 2003. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[6] Krell, Alexis (9 October 2017). "Doctor charged with sex crimes at Bremerton clinic is at center of women's lawsuit". The News Tribune. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[7] Gorman, Anna (6 January 2015). "When Home Caregivers Kill the Elderly With Neglect". The Atlantic. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[:4-8] The GMC's fitness to practise procedures (PDF). General Medical Council.

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