Epidemiology of unarmed threats in the emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-358

  Knott, Jonathan C ^a   Bennett, Dianne ^a   Rawet, Jennifer ^a   Taylor, David Mc D ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agitation; Emergency department; Restraint; Unarmed threat; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 26444451423     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00756.x     Document Type: Review

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