Verbal and physical violence towards hospital- and community-based physicians in the Negev: An observational study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Carmi Iluz, Tal ^a   Peleg, Roni ^a   Freud, Tami ^a   Shvartzman, Pesach ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEAR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; ISRAEL; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SECURITY MEASURES; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WAITING LISTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 24044456686     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-54     Document Type: Article

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