Piloting violence and incident reporting measures on one acute mental health inpatient unit

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 455-469

  Woods, Phil ^a   Ashley, Carolyn ^a   Kayto, Denise ^b   Heusdens, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 42549108763     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840801981207     Document Type: Review

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