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Judicial judgment and media sensation of violence against medical staff in China: A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0259014 (2021), PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.
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Abstract
- IntroductionViolence against medical staff has been prevalent in China over the past two decades. Although Chinese authorities have released many laws and regulations to protect medical staff from violence since 2011, the legal approach alone is unlikely to resolve this complex issue. In particular, several cases of violence against medical staff in China have caused great media sensation.MethodThis paper proposes an integrated model that combines the environmental stimuli theory, broken windows theory, and rational choice theory. It adopts the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to untangle the causal relationship between violence against medical staff, media sensation, and judicial judgment. We examined reports of medical violence on media and news websites from January 1, 2010, to January 31, 2020, and selected 50 cases with detailed information for this study.ResultsThe results show that each condition is not sufficient for the absence ofjudicial judgment, but when combined, they are conducive to the outcome. The conditions ofhospital level,medical cost, andmedia sensationplay important roles. The providers, patients, and environmental factors are indicators of inadequate or lack ofjudicial judgment, which corresponds to previous expectations.ConclusionsThe integrated model greatly enriches the extant theories and literature, and also yields implications for preventing violence against medical staff in China. We suggest that sustainable and innovative healthcare reform should be initiated. For example, public hospitals should remain the cornerstone of national public health security. Medical staff in public hospitals must be regarded as “civil servants”. Therefore, the current legal system should be improved. The media should objectively report events concerning medical staff and improve public healthcare knowledge.
- Subjects :
- Viral Diseases
Epidemiology
Health Care Providers
Social Sciences
Nurses
Criminology
Medical Law
Medical Conditions
Sociology
Psychological Attitudes
Criminal Law
Health care
Medical Staff
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Public and Occupational Health
Medical Personnel
media_common
Multidisciplinary
Qualitative comparative analysis
Traumatic Injury Risk Factors
Public relations
Professions
Infectious Diseases
Medicine
Workplace Violence
Engineering and Technology
Sensory Perception
Crime
Weapons
Rational choice theory (criminology)
Research Article
China
medicine.medical_specialty
Science
media_common.quotation_subject
Equipment
Broken windows theory
Medical law
Physicians
Perception
medicine
Humans
Mass Media
Violent Crime
business.industry
Public health
Cognitive Psychology
Biology and Life Sciences
Cornerstone
Covid 19
Health Care
Medical Risk Factors
People and Places
Cognitive Science
Population Groupings
Law and Legal Sciences
business
Medical Humanities
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLOS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1c18e39dd060dee72a5e2ce153542e91