Reporting Violence to a Health Care Employer: A Cross-Sectional Study

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 399-406

  Findorff, Mary J ^a   McGovern, Patricia M ^b   Wall, Melanie M ^b   Gerberich, Susan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OFFENDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; ABSENTEEISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 27744608716     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507990505300906     Document Type: Article

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