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

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Subject General Science
OCLC 8667312423
Ahmed M Abbas*, Lobna Ahmed, Mark Mohsen Kamel and Sarah K. Fahmi
Issue: Volume1-Issue5
Pages: 154-155
Received: 2020-08-19
Accepted: 2020-09-16
Published: 2020-09-17

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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