@article{ref1,
title="Legal response of physicians towards workplace violence during COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt: a cross sectional study",
journal="Zagazig journal of forensic medicine and toxicology",
year="2022",
author="Salem, Hanan and Nafad, Reham and Taha, Sarah",
volume="20",
number="2",
pages="29-46",
abstract="Workplace violence (WPV) is defined by World Medical Association as &quot;an international emergency that undermines the very foundations of health systems and impacts critically on patient's health&quot;. The physicians are specifically vulnerable for such acts from patients or even their relatives. WPV has detrimental effects on both health professionals and the quality of health care services administered. <br><br>AIM: to highlight the problem of assault against doctors and their legal response towards it, generally in medical practice and specifically during COVID 19 pandemic. <br><br>METHODology: A cross sectional study was done through anonymous self-structured internet-based questionnaire survey on 300 physicians. It included different data as regards sociodemographic data, occurrence of bullying, type of assault and response of the physician towards such assault. <br><br>RESULTS: About 55% of responders claimed previous exposure to verbal or physical violence, nearly 19% faced verbal violence and 14% faced physical violence ,about 15% notified head of the department while only 9.7% notified police. Almost 80% of the responders were not satisfied by actions taken after notification , and 23% were exposed to bullying due to working during Covid era. All responders (100%) believe that media affect how people deal with physicians. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Workplace violence against doctors is escalating vigorously. Under-reporting and lack of security support are the main issues in solving this catastrophic health system problem.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1687-160X",
doi="10.21608/zjfm.2022.128014.1110",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/zjfm.2022.128014.1110"
}