Relationships of stressors, strain, and anger to caregiver assaults

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 775-793

  Gates, Donna ^a   Fitzwater, Evelyn ^a   Succop, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0242570726     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mhn.24.8.775.793     Document Type: Article

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