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Almost half of doctors sexually harassed by patients, research finds

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Nutrition label

80% Informative

Globally, 45% of doctors have suffered sexual harassment of different sorts from patients.

More than half ( 52.2% ) of female doctors have experienced sexual harassment.

The Royal College of Physicians , the main organisation representing hospital doctors, called the findings truly alarming’ It endorsed the authors’ call and said doctors needed vital protection’ from harassment.

VR Score

86

Informative language

89

Neutral language

63

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

66

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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