HospitalMistreatment

According to astudy,most medical interns report experiencing mistreatment,includinghumiliation by senior doctors,______(51)threatened,or physical abuse in theirfirst year

out of medica1school.

The findings comefrom analysis of the______(52) a 13-page survey mailed in January 1991 to 1,733second-year residents.The survey and______(53)appear in the April

15th issue of theJournal of the American Medical Association.

Overall, out of the1, 277 residents ______ (54)completed surveys, 1, 1 85 said that they hadexperienced at least one incident of mistreatment in their internyear.______(55)

reporting incidentswhere they were abused,more than 45%of the residents said they had witnessed atleast one incident where other persons______(56)false medical

records.Moreover,nearlythree quarters of the residents said they had witnessed mistreatment ofpatients by other residents,attending physicians,or nurses.Almost 40% said

patient mistreatmentwas a frequent______(57).

More than 10%of theresidents said they were______(58)to have enough sleep,and the average number ofhours______(59)sleep was 37.6.The average on-call time during

a______(60)week was56.9 hours,but about 25%of the residents said their on-call assignments weremore than 80 hours some weeks.

______(61)30% of theresidents said they experienced some type of sexual harassment ordiscrimination,verbal abuse was the most common problem cited.When abusive

incidents werelimited to events occurring three or more times,53%of the respondents reportedthat they______(62)belittled or humiliated by more senior residents,while just

over 21% reportedsomeone taking credit for their work.

Being"______(63)tasks for punishment,"being pushed,kicked orhit,"and______(64) someone"threatening your reputation orcareer,"were reported as a more______(65)

occurrence by over10% of the responding residents.59._________

A.without

B.on

C.with

D.because of