People with epilepsy are often perceived as violent

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-76

  Kate Collins, T B ^a   Camfield, Peter R ^a   Camfield, Carol S ^a   Lee, Kay ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude; Epilepsy; Longitudinal; Questionnaire; Stigma; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846353857     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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