Violence in the emergency department: Managing aggressive patients in a high-stress environment

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-154

  Kuhn, W ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032898988     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1999.01.504     Document Type: Article

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