Psychiatric nurses' reactions to assault upon them by inpatients: A survey in Taiwan

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 3 I, 2007, Pages 777-782

  Lu, Chwen Hwa ^a   Wang, Tze Fang ^a   Liu, Chia Yih ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547250296     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.3.777-782     Document Type: Article

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