Sexual harassment of female nurses by patients in Japan

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 400-405

  Hibino, Yuri ^a   Ogino, Keiki ^b   Inagaki, Michiko ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female nurses; Hospital environment; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SEXUAL HARASSMENT;

EID: 33750879305     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2006.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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