加拿大针对护士的职场暴力:法律分析
Sioban Nelson1, Kathleen Leslie2, Aleah McCormick2
1Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada.
Policy, politics & nursing practice
|July 5, 2023
概括
在全球范围内,针对护士的职场暴力正在上升. 加拿大最近的法律改革旨在保护护士,但它们对判决和雇主问责制的影响需要进一步监测以确保有效性.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 法律研究 法律研究
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 对护士的职场暴力是一个日益严重的全球性问题,COVID-19大流行加剧了这一问题.
- 护士在医疗保健机构面临着严重的暴力风险.
- 对医疗保健工作者暴力的规范化需要法律干预.
研究的目的:
- 审查加强加拿大医疗保健专业人员工作场所安全的立法修正案.
- 分析涉及护士作为暴力受害者的法律案件.
- 评估加拿大有关暴力的法律制度对护士工作的处理.
主要方法:
- 审查与医疗保健工作场所安全有关的加拿大最近的立法修正案.
- 分析涉及暴力侵害护士的法律案例.
- 审查刑事和劳动法影响.
主要成果:
- 从历史上看,作为一名护士的受害者身份并不总是因为工作场所暴力而被判刑的加重因素.
- 最近的修正案将护士受害者的身份指定为特定的加重因素.
- 尽管立法发生了变化,但法院仍不愿根据劳动法对雇主施加更高的罚款.
结论:
- 持续监测判决中的司法自由裁量权和加重惩罚的影响至关重要.
- 法律改革必须解决工作场所暴力的正常化,才能有效.
- 确保医疗保健工作者的安全需要持续的法律和社会关注.
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