Threats against clinicians: A preliminary descriptive classification

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-376

  Brown, Gregory P ^a,b,c,h   Dubin, William R ^d,e   Lion, John R ^f   Garry, Leonard J ^a,g  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d Belmont Ctr for Compreh Treatment

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Belmont Ctr for Compreh Treatment   (United States)

^h S Nevada Adult Mental Hlth Serv   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LIFESTYLE; THREAT; WEAPON;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029814899     PISSN: 0091634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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