Workplace violence and abuse against nurses in hospitals in Iran

Asian Nursing Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-193

  Shoghi, Mahnaz ^a   Sanjari, Mahnaz ^b,c   Shirazi, Fateme ^b   Heidari, Shiva ^b   Salemi, Sedighe ^d,e   Mirzabeigi, Ghazanfur ^e  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Expert of Technical Department of Nursing of Islamic Republic of Iran   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Nursing Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mental health nurses; Violence and job satisfaction; Violence in the workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849442496     PISSN: 19761317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1976-1317(08)60042-0     Document Type: Article

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