Assaults by patients on psychiatric trainees: Frequency and training issues

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 168-170

  Pieters, Guido ^a   Speybrouck, Ewoud ^a   De Gucht, Véronique ^a,b   Joos, Staf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BELGIUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 18744375239     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.29.5.168     Document Type: Article

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