Trigger Warning: The situations described in this episode may be triggering to some. 

"On every shift, in every emergency department in Canada, a staff member is subjected to harassment, abuse and assault”. Our guests this week, Dr. James Brophy and Dr. Margaret Keith have studied an extensive range of important occupational and environmental health issues. They have just had a book published entitled Code White: Sounding the Alarm on Violence against Health Care Workers, which drew heavily on three important research studies they conducted over the past five years. The first two focused on violence against health care staff in the hospital and long-term care settings and the third on health care worker protection during the pandemic

Bio:

Dr. James Brophy and Dr. Margaret Keith both have PhDs in environmental health from the University of Stirling in Scotland.

As a couple and as research partners, they They have published numerous articles in peer reviewed scientific journals and contributed several book chapters to academic publications. Together they were awarded the Scientific Award from the Occupational Health Section of the American Public Health Association for the rigour displayed in their ground-breaking occupational breast cancer research.

The SARS Commission Report http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/e_records/sars/report/ 

 

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