Plenary: Good Days, Bad Days, and Reflections on Reducing Workplace Violence in Healthcare Settings

The hospital is a place to care and a place to heal, a place to learn and a place to teach, a place for solace in times of crisis, and a place to care for the most in need. Achieving that mission with both the exacting technical precision demanded by modern medical practice and the humanity and compassion intrinsic to a place of healing is challenging in and of itself – achieving that mission in an increasingly violent and hostile environment is one of the greatest challenges modern medicine faces. Ethicists can play a vital role in helping front line clinicians and executive leaders reconsider how they cultivate environments that are both healing and secure.