Tag: "harassed" at medical news

Doctors at risk- the ugly side of the noble profession

...octors went on a days strike on the issue of being harassed by disgruntled relatives of patients....

Sexual Harassment A Cause Of Deteriorating Health Among Female Flight Attendants.

...Statistics show that around 22% have been sexually harassed by passengers recently and 4% in the past 1 year. ...omen under study said that they have been sexually harassed by their colleague or superior, 12% experienced this in the past 1 year. More than one third of thes...

Teens need to Exercise Caution While Using Online Blogs

... have come out with reports of being threatened or harassed online, including sexual innuendos , which has been received by one in five teenagers. Some even had to face phone calls, money, gifts and requests for a date. In Huffaker’s opinion, these blogging negatives can be offset with intelligent software p...

Peer Rejection Leads To Reduced Participation In Classroom Activities

...ed as a result of peer exclusion. Children who are harassed (picked on or teased) or excluded from activities by peers tend to try to avoid classrooms (and school) as a means of escaping further abuse,'concluded Dr. Buhs, one of the senior researchers involved in the study. While numerous studies have shown...

Girls In MP Want Sex Education In Schools: Health Survey

...ent of the girls indicated that they were sexually harassed outside their homes. Of these, 53 percent said they had never complained to their guardians about it. While 65 percent said they wanted to be financially independent so as not to be a burden on their families, 27 percent were eager to get jobs to s...

Senior Researcher Harassed In AIIMS

...or to the protest. I have been verbally abused and harassed by the staff of the Department soon after the anti-reservation protest was called off on June 1.'' writes Dr.Gill in her letter. She has requested that firm action be taken against the Head of the Department and a senior physician for harassing her...

Doctors, Nurses Face Sexual Harassment At Work Place

...ctors and administrators in positions of authority harassed other doctors, nurses and other non-medical lower ...n in the health sector' says victims were sexually harassed by not only their co-workers but also by patients and their relatives. 'Women will study and enter...

India's Law on Homosexuality Needs Recourse - Hampers HIV Prevention

...ng sex with men) in the country. 'People are being harassed by section 377 and men having sex with men do not come forward and receive adequate prevention information,' Broun said. K.K. Abraham, general secretary of the Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS, said,' The government needs a reality ch...

Force-feeding a Scourge Among Mauritanian Nomads

...ll a small beginning. Long, long way to go for the harassed Mauritanian girls. GPL/B...

Work-related Stress Restrains the Sex Lives of Nurses

...at work, while nearly half had been intimidated or harassed by a manager. "We need to tackle these issues if we are to keep nurses in the profession, while at the same time attracting new recruits so they can continue to deliver high quality patient care, Dr. Carter said. Steve Barnett, director of NHS E...

UK Nurses Complain of Stress, One Quits After Screaming at Heart Attack Patient

...ked at work, while nearly half had been bullied or harassed by a manager. Steve Barnett, director of National Health Service (NHS) Employers, said the impact of stress on NHS employees was "vastly under-estimated". He said work-related stress was responsible for 30% of sickness absence in the NHS - and cost...

Making Change: The Cost of Being Transgender

...wed by ABCNEWS.com all said they had been verbally harassed and some had been physically assaulted. "For the last decade or two, about one trans person is murdered every month," said Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality. "We know that number is actually highe...

Punjab University Reserves Seats for AIDS and Cancer Students

...aintained to ensure that those students do not get harassed or suffer from any social stigma. Meanwhile, students at the university have welcomed the move. "I don't have any problem with it and I don't think my classmates will also have a problem with it. And I do think it is a good step that they have ta...

Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

...of. They must demonstrate that they were abused or harassed by authorities, not merely by angry relatives or d...eling, tolerant urban cultures, homosexuals can be harassed to the point of seeking refuge abroad. Brazil, for example, has a huge population of gays and trans...

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