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Violence against Health-Care Personnel: Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic

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Ahmed M Abbas*, Lobna Ahmed, Mark Mohsen Kamel and Sarah K. Fahmi

Volume1-Issue5
Dates: Received: 2020-08-19 | Accepted: 2020-09-16 | Published: 2020-09-17
Pages: 154-155

Abstract

Violence towards healthcare personnel in hospitals is a widespread worrying phenomenon, and it is considered a mirror to violence in society in general [1]. There are many factors may share in this phenomenon as work overload, waiting times, and nurse-patient relations, responsibilities, environmental factors and patient-related factors [2].

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Abbas AM, Ahmed L, Kamel MM, Fahmi SK. Violence against Health-Care Personnel: Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic. J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2020 Sep 17; 1(5): 154-155. doi: 10.37871/jbres1135, Article ID: jbres1135


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