More than zero tolerance? Burnout and tolerance for patient aggression amongst mental health nurses in China and the UK

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL.S412, 2002, Pages 37-40

  Whittington, Richard ^a   Higgins, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Burnout; Mental health nurse; Violence; Zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CHINA; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHINA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSES; PATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0038352400     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.106.s412.8.x     Document Type: Article

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