U.S. doctors often mistreated by patients, families, study finds

“Physicians commonly experience mistreatment and discrimination by patients, families and visitors,” study co-author Lotte Dyrbye told UPI. “Everyone has a role in addressing prejudice, harassment and mistreatment, including the government, the press, medical institutions, healthcare workers and the public,” said Dyrbye, senior associate dean of faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora.