All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This study integrates the … problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing how economic and political behavior are …

, nurses, and other health personnel. In the Indian context, studies on violence against doctors and other medical staff … violence against medical personnel partly, we argue that it is largely rooted in a lack of trust in doctors and hospitals …-care providers based on an all-India panel survey and delineate policies to rebuild trust, especially in public health care. …