Assaults and nonpatient-induced injuries among psychiatric nursing staff in Bahrain

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-417

  Hamadeh, Randah R ^a   Alaiwat, Basema Al ^b   Ansari, Ahmed Al ^b  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b Arabian Gulf University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BAHRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BAHRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0042072904     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840305314     Document Type: Article

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