The underreporting gap in aggressive incidents from geriatric patients against certified nursing assistants

Violence and Victims

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-379

  Snyder, Lori Anderson ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^b   Vacha Haase, Tammi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric patients; Health care; Workplace aggression; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; VICTIM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 34250899381     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/088667007780842784     Document Type: Article

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