Hostages to fortune: The impact of violence on health and social care staff

Social Work and Social Sciences Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-34

  Denney, David ^a,b  

^a Department of Social and Public Policy ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Health services staff; Social care staff; Verbal abuse; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644527324     PISSN: 09535225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1921/17466105.12.1.22     Document Type: Article

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