Factors influencing experienced distress and attitude toward trauma by emergency medicine practitioners

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-296

  Warren, Tiffany ^a   Lee, Shannon ^a   Saunders, Stephen ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response relationship; Emergency medicine practitioners; PTSD; Vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 0346270390     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026305521677     Document Type: Article

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