Violence and aggression in the emergency department: A critical care perspective

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-67

  Hodge, Alister N ^a,b   Marshall, Andrea P ^b,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Training; Violence

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34249085054     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2007.03.001     Document Type: Review

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