Patient and visitor violence in general hospitals: A systematic review of the literature

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 431-441

  Hahn, Sabine ^a   Zeller, Adelheit ^b   Needham, Ian ^c   Kok, Gerjo ^d   Dassen, Theo ^e   Halfens, Ruud J G ^f  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b FHO Fachhochschule Ostschweiz   (Switzerland)

^c Centre of Psychiatry Rheinau   (Switzerland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; General hospital; Health care staff; Violence; Workplace

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 53049107448     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2008.07.001     Document Type: Review

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