Prevalence of harassment and discrimination among residents in three training hospitals in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-139

  Fnais, Naif ^a   Al Nasser, Muhammad ^b   Zamakhshary, Mohammad ^c   Abuznadah, Wesam ^d   Al Dhukair, Shahla ^e   Saadeh, Mayssa ^e   Al Qarni, Ali ^f   Bokhari, Bayan ^d   Alshaeri, Taqreed ^d   Aboalsamh, Nouf ^a   BinAhmedi, AbdulAziz ^g  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^f King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^g KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HARASSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 84876857282     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2013.134     Document Type: Article

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