Staff attitudes towards aggression in health care: A review of the literature

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-13

  Jansen, G J ^a   Dassen, T W N ^b   Groot Jebbink, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health care workers; Patient aggression

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 14844324984     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00772.x     Document Type: Review

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