Violence towards doctors: prevalence and effects
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat.
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.
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