How the medical culture contributes to coworker-perpetrated harassment and abuse of family physicians

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-117

  Miedema, Baukje ^a   Macintyre, Leslie ^a   Tatemichi, Sue ^a   Lambert Lanning, Anita ^b   Lemire, Francine ^b   Manca, Donna ^c   Ramsden, Vivian ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b College of Family Physician of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abuse reporting; Organizational culture; Qualitative research; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84859557791     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1341     Document Type: Article

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