Violence in the workplace: The case of healthcare professionals;Violencia ocupacional: El caso de los profesionales sanitarios

Papeles del Psicologo

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Cantera, Leonor M ^a   Cervantes, Genis ^b   Blanch, Josep M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Consorci Sanitari del Alt Penedés ^*

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Violent incident notification; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849116468     PISSN: 02147823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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