The unintended consequences of a law protecting WA healthcare workers
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Show Notes
Healthcare workers in Washington state’s under-resourced system are bearing the brunt, including a rise in violence on the job in recent years.
Assaulting a healthcare worker is an automatic felony in our state.
Seattle Times Investigative Reporter Sydney Brownstone is here to tell us how a law meant to protect workers is disproportionately affecting people with severe mental illness.
Read the investigation here: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/a-law-to-protect-wa-health-care-workers-keeps-patients-in-crisis/
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