Workplace violence against medical staff in healthcare facilities in Barbados
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Zero tolerance of violence against healthcare staff.
A government campaign aimed at stopping violence against healthcare staff is a start in dealing with the problem of aggression in the workplace. Staff attitudes will also need to be addressed, particularly in those areas where violence has become an accepted part of the job, if zero tolerance is to be achieved.
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqw073