Violence in health care: The contribution of the Australian Patient Safety Foundation to incident monitoring and analysis

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 348-351

  Benveniste, Klee A ^a,b,c   Hibbert, Peter D ^a,b,c   Runciman, William B ^a,b,c  

^a Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Australian Council for Safety and Quality In Health Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MONITORING; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIETY; STAFF TRAINING; THINKING; VIOLENCE; WARD;

EID: 26444580208     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07081.x     Document Type: Article

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