Aggression and violence towards health care providers - A problem in Turkey?

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 423-428

  Erkol, Hayri ^a   Gökdoǧan, Mira R ^b   Erkol, Zerrin ^a   Boz, Bora ^c  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emergency department; Health care providers; Violence; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANAGER; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF TRAINING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERBAL HOSTILITY; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TURKEY; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548011917     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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