Staff's experiences with patients' assaults in a norwegian psychiatric university hospital: A pilot study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-93

  Wynn, Rolf ^a,b   Bratlid, Trond ^a  

^a Asgard Hospital   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Injury; Psychiatry; Restraint; Sex; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORKER;

ABSENTEEISM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031862931     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02839319850163011     Document Type: Article

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