2003年英國的社区从业人员及巡回医务人员协会(the Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association)進行了一項問卷,指出半數英國國民保健署下的巡回医务人员、校護及社群護理人員曾被其主管霸凌。接受問卷的563人中有三分之一認為霸凌嚴重到他們需要請假的程度。最常見的霸凌是持續的批評和羞辱。其他的人說曾被咆嘯及排斥[7]。
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