Staff victims of elder patient abuse and the Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP): Preliminary empirical inquiry

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-96

  Flannery Jr , Raymond B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP); Crisis intervention; Patient assailants; Staff victims

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

EID: 0037360050     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750301800207     Document Type: Article

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