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Patterns of perceptions of workplace violence in the Portuguese health care sector

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Title
Patterns of perceptions of workplace violence in the Portuguese health care sector
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Human Resources for Health, November 2003
DOI 10.1186/1478-4491-1-11
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Paulo Ferrinho, André Biscaia, Inês Fronteira, Isabel Craveiro, Ana Rita Antunes, Claudia Conceição, Isabel Flores, Osvaldo Santos

Abstract

This article characterizes the problem of violence against health professionals in the workplace (VAHPITWP) in selected settings in Portugal. It addresses the questions of what types of violence are most frequent and who are the most affected health professionals.Three methodological approaches were followed: (i) documentary studies, (ii) a questionnaire-based hospital and health centre (HC) complex case study and (iii) semi-structured interviews with stakeholders.Of the different types of violence, all our study approaches confirm that verbal violence is the most frequent. Discrimination, not infrequent in the hospital, seems to be underestimated by the stakeholders interviewed. Violence seems much more frequent in the HC than in the hospital. In the HC, all types of violence are also most frequently directed against female health workers and, in the hospital, against male workers.These studies allow us to conclude that violence is frequent but underreported.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 3%
Portugal 1 2%
Italy 1 2%
Unknown 58 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 16%
Student > Master 8 13%
Other 5 8%
Researcher 5 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 8%
Other 15 24%
Unknown 14 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 21%
Social Sciences 10 16%
Psychology 7 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 10%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 8%
Other 7 11%
Unknown 14 23%
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#22,759,452
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