Preventing violence against mental health workers
| October 28, 2010- Artist: Lori Strom
- Title: Preventing violence against mental health workers
- Album: Redeye: Vancouver Cooperative Radio
- Genre: Interview
- Year: 2010
- Length: 14:13 minutes (13.02 MB)
- Format: Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
Show Notes:
Mental health care workers face the constant threat of patient violence. Last year, the number of injury claims among health care workers was ten times higher than in the entire law enforcement sector. Lori Strom is with the B.C. Government Employees' Union. She discusses the systemic issues that have created such an unsafe work environment.
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