Wife battering in Hong Kong: Accident and emergency nurses' attitudes and beliefs

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 152-155

  Chung, M Y ^a   Wong, T W ^a   Yiu, J J K ^b  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b YAN CHAI HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 0030184611     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2302(96)90063-6     Document Type: Article

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