Workplace violence experienced by doctors working in government hospitals of Karachi

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 698-699

  Nayyer ul, Islam ^a   Yousuful Islam, Mohammad ^b   Farooq, Muhammad Saad ^b   Mazharuddin, Syed Mohammad ^b   Hussain, Syed Ather ^b   Umair ul Islam, ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Doctors; Government hospitals; Karachi; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 84906724690     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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