Prevalence of abusive encounters in the workplace of family physicians: A minor, major, or severe problem?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Miedema, Baukje ^a   Hamilton, Ryan ^b   Lambert Lanning, Anita ^c   Tatemichi, Sue R ^b   Lemire, Francine ^c   Manca, Donna ^d   Ramsden, Vivian R ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FMTU ^*  (Canada)

^c Professional Development and Practice Support   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; WORKPLACE;

CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77949853513     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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