Violence towards doctors: Prevalence and effects

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 414-418

  Zahid, M A ^a,b   Al Sahlawi, K S ^a   Shahid, A A ^a   Al Ajmi, M T ^a   Awadh, J A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033143696     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.1999.60.6.1133     Document Type: Article

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