Violence in A&E departments: A systematic review of the literature

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 77-85

  Stirling, Grant ^a   Higgins, Joanne E ^a   Cooke, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SECURITY MEASURES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035320299     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/aaen.2000.0204     Document Type: Article

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