General practitioners' assessment of risk of violence in their practice: Results from a qualitative study

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-390

  Magin, Parker ^a   Adams, Jon ^b,d   Joy, Elyssa ^e   Ireland, Malcolm ^e   Heaney, Susan ^e   Darab, Sandra ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Family practice; Qualitative research; Risk assessment; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 43149089830     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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