title: Surviving verbal abuse: a win-win game plan.
abstract: Verbal abuse, one of many tactics used when communication breaks down, aggressively manipulates others into competitive power struggles loaded with hidden agendas. A specific win-win game plan is given to survive these verbal abuse tactics.
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authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017008:Negotiating / Q000523:psychology; D011583:Psychological Warfare; D012919:Social Behavior; D014705:Verbal Behavior