Airline passenger misconduct: Management implications for physicians

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4 I, 2007, Pages 361-367

  Pierson, Kathleen ^a,c   Power, Yuri ^a   Marcus, Adeyinka ^a   Dahlberg, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Dahlberg and Associates Aviation Management Consultants   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emergency; Patient restraint; Physician's role; Psychology; Travel

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AMBIGUITY; AWARENESS; FLIGHT; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MISCONDUCT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AGGRESSION; AIRCRAFT; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FIRST AID; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SAFETY; TRAVEL;

EID: 34247144624     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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