OiSaeng Hong

1 Introduction Workplace violence towards healthcare workers is increasingly recognized as a threat to workforce stability and capacity to meet patient care needs [1-3]. The healthcare workforce has long been recognized as one of the occupational groups most at risk for violence exposure on the job [4, 5].

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