Harassment of doctors is on the rise. Here’s how to stop it.

The majority of studies on mistreatment have focused on the culture of medicine, not on poor treatment of physicians from patients, according to AMA member Lotte Dyrbye, senior associate dean of faculty and chief well-being officer at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dyrbye and her colleagues hypothesized that there was a link between suboptimal treatment and higher risk for burnout.