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Just as disruptive behavior is more prevalent in certain physical locations, studies also have revealed an association between this type of conduct and specialty or service line. Indeed, Rosenstein and O’Daniel [1] found that certain specialties seem to be more prone to this behavior (Table 7.1), with surgical disciplines and some medical procedural specialties more highly represented than primary care disciplines. The practitioners most commonly associated with disruptive behavior were general surgeons, who were responsible for 31 % of the cases. Next were cardiovascular surgeons (21 %), neurosurgeons (15 %), orthopedic surgeons (7 %), cardiologists (7 %), obstetrician/gynecologists (6 %), gastroenterologists (4 %), and neurologists (4 %). The remaining medical specialists represented fewer than 3 % of the cases of disruptive behavior.
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Vukmir, R.B. (2016). Specialty at Risk. In: Disruptive Healthcare Provider Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27924-4_7
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