Responding to inpatient violence at a psychiatric hospital of special security: A pilot project

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-33

  Crichton, John H M ^a   Calgie, Jim ^b  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORALS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SECURITY MEASURES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036371557     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240204200106     Document Type: Article

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