Patient assaults on psychiatry residents: Results of a national survey

Traumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 211-214

  Sansone, Randy A ^a,b   Taylor, Steven B ^c   Gaither, George A ^d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KETTERING MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c USAF   (United States)

^d BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient related assaults; Psychiatry residents; Psychiatry training programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847157289     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153476560200800404     Document Type: Article

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