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Bullying in hospitals
As victims of bullying and proponents of emotional intelligence in the health profession we read with interest the article on workplace bullying.1
Kavimaki et al1 did not mention whether the responses were anonymous. Identified responses may underestimate the incidence of bullying in the cohort. Given that previous studies (mentioned by the authors in the discussion) have shown a considerable percentage of victims deciding to resign as a result of bullying, it is a pity that the article by Kivimaki et al did not contain similar data. The other two issues that should have been included were the duration of the bullying, and how many bullies are actually aware that they are bullies. These can be answered by asking the question: Have you subjected your colleagues to such bullying behaviour?
With doctors and nurses constituting 58% of the victims, we wonder
whether the
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