Repeated assaults by patients in VA hospital and clinic settings

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 390-394

  Blow, Frederic C ^b   Barry, Kristen Lawton ^c   Copeland, Laurel A ^c   McCormick, Richard A ^c   Lehmann, Laurent S ^a   Ullman, Esther ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VICTIM;

EID: 0033037003     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.50.3.390     Document Type: Article

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