Violence against Health Workers: A Global Challenge with Serious Health Consequences
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2. Kumari A, Kaur T, Ranjan P, Chopra S, Sarkar S, Baitha U (2020). Workplace violence against doctors: characteristics, risk factors, and mitigation strategies. J Postgrad Med, 66 (3):149-154.
3. Ferri P, Silvestri M, Artoni C, Di Lorenzo R (2016). Workplace violence in different settings and among various health professionals in an Italian general hospital: a cross-sectional study. Psychol Res Behav Manag, 9: 263-275.
4. Turgut K, Yavuz E, Yıldız MK, Poyraz MK (2021). Violence toward emergency physicians: A prospective-descriptive study. World J Emerg Med, 12 (2):111-16.
5. Kaur A, Ahamed F, Sengupta P, Majhi J, Ghosh T (2020). Pattern of workplace violence against doctors practising modern medicine and the subsequent impact on patient care, in India. Plos One, 15 (9):e0239193.
6. Caruso R, Toffanin T, Folesani F, et al (2022). Violence against physicians in the workplace: trends, causes, consequences, and strategies for intervention. Current Psychiatry Reports, 24(12):911-924.
7. Lorettu L, Nivoli AM, Daga I, et al (2021). Six things to know about the homicides of doctors: a review of 30 years from Italy. BMC Public Health, 21(1):1318.
8. Dyer O (2022). Doctors in Turkey strike after murder of cardiologist. BMJ, 378:o1768.
9. Doshmangir L, Iezadi S, Gholipour K, Gordeev VS (2022). The future of Iran's health workforce. The Lancet, 400 (10356):883.
10. Keyvani H, Majdzadeh R, Khedmati Morasae E, Doshmangir L (2024). Analysis of Iranian health workforce emigration based on a system dynamics approach: a study protocol. Global Health Action, 17 (1):2370095.
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Ghasemyani S, Khodayari-Zarnaq R. Violence against Health Workers: A Global Challenge with Serious Health Consequences. Iran J Public Health. 2025;54(7):1561-1562.



