針對當前醫療糾紛和醫患矛盾仍較突出的情況，公安部建議各級各類醫院進一步加強自身建設，從源頭上預防和減少各類矛盾糾紛，增進醫患溝通，暢通投訴渠道，妥善解決患者有關訴求。同時，進一步健全醫患糾紛調處機制，公開、公平妥善化解矛盾。
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Seven people were killed and 28 injured in the 11 violent patient-doctor disputes. These disputes occurred in eight provinces or regions, including Beijing and Heilongjiang, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said。
Disputes between patients and hospital staff have been making headlines in China in recent years, but mostly in the cities. Now, however, this hard-to-cure illness has spread to the countryside
Patient-doctor relationships是「醫患關係」，「醫患糾紛」叫medical disputes。緊張的醫患關係可用tense/strained patient-doctor relationships表示。
近期頻發的襲醫事件(attacks on medical workers)引發公眾和有關部門對於醫務人員及醫院安全問題的討論。有人認為，要徹底改善醫患關係，需要進一步加快醫療體制改革(patient-doctor relationships)，改進醫保體制(improving medical insurance system)等。