An ABC approach to assessing the risk of violence at triage

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 107-109

  Sands, Natisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Clinical decision making; Emergency department; Risk assessment; Triage; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547215271     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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