Violence towards doctors: prevalence and effects
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Mark Allen Group in Hospital Medicine
- Vol. 60 (6) , 414-418
- https://doi.org/10.12968/hosp.1999.60.6.1133
Abstract
Violence against doctors has already been identified as a matter of particular concern. Both the severity and the psychological sequelae of violence are difficult to quantify. This study was aimed at measuring the rates and severity, and determining the effects, of violence in doctors working in a general hospital.Keywords
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