Differences between patient and staff perceptions of aggression in mental health units

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-393

  Ilkiw Lavalle, Olga ^a,b   Grenyer, Brin F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; TRAINING; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0037358615     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.389     Document Type: Article

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