Non-somatic effects of patient aggression on nurses: A systematic review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-296

  Needham, Ian ^a,f   Abderhalden, Christopher ^b   Halfens Phd, Ruud J G ^c   Fischer, Joachim E ^d   Dassen, Theo ^e  

^a Mobile Internet Platform of the Telecom Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f University of Applied Science of Western Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assault; Nursing; Post traumatic stress disorder; Systematic review; Victim; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANXIETY; ASSAULT; COGNITION; DATA BASE; EMOTION; FEAR; GUILT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCINFO; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SHAME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 13544277021     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03286.x     Document Type: Review

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