Care staff attributions for violent incidents involving male and female patients: A field study

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-406

  Leggett, Janice ^a   Silvester, Joanne ^b  

^a Avon Forensic Community Learning Disabilities Team   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; NURSE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ISOLATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0348162369     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466503322528937     Document Type: Article

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